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CVE-2009-5024

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-5024 describes a resource-consumption vulnerability in ViewVC versions prior to 1.1.11, allowing remote attackers to bypass the cvsdb row_limit setting via the 'limit' parameter, specifically during "query revision history" requests. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0264 is in the 77th 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

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/9
viewvc.tigris.org / issues/show_bug.cgi
viewvc.tigris.org / source/browse/%2Acheckout%2A/viewvc/tags/1.1.11/CHANGES
viewvc.tigris.org / source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/cvsdb.py
viewvc.tigris.org / source/browse/viewvc/trunk/lib/viewvc.py
Patch
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2563
securityfocus.com / bid/47928