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CVE-2009-0049

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0049 affects Belgian eID middleware (eidlib) versions 2.6.0 and earlier, stemming from an insufficient check of the OpenSSL EVP_VerifyFinal function's return value. This allows remote attackers to bypass certificate chain validation for DSA and ECDSA keys through malformed SSL/TLS signatures. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure (C:P) but not impacting integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eid:eidlib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0118 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
secunia.com / advisories/34029
ocert.org / advisories/ocert-2008-016.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/499827/100/0/threaded