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CVE-2009-0241

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0241 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the process_path function of Ganglia gmetad 3.1.1, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a crafted request with a long pathname. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity, as it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog or the Hot List, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ganglia:ganglia:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-32726 · Jan 15, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0535 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0241Moderate

ganglia: gmetad buffer overflow

Jan 13, 2009

References

bugzilla.ganglia.info / cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html
secunia.com / advisories/33506
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34228
secunia.com / advisories/35416
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200903-22.xml
mail-archive.com / ganglia-developers%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg04929.html
securityfocus.com / bid/33299