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CVE-2009-2286

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2286 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in compface versions 1.5.2 and earlier, specifically affecting installations with a certain patch. This flaw allows user-assisted attackers to trigger a denial of service by providing a crafted .xbm file with an excessively long declaration. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact, but no confidentiality or integrity compromise. While not actively exploited in the wild, proof-of-concept exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:james_ashton:compface:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:james_ashton:compface:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:james_ashton:compface:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:james_ashton:compface:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-9302 · Jul 30, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0308 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/06/29/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/06/29/4
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/07/03/1
securityfocus.com / bid/35863