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CVE-2009-1379

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1379 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the dtls1_retrieve_buffered_fragment function within OpenSSL 1.0.0 Beta 2, allowing remote attackers to trigger a denial of service. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with a low attack complexity and potential for denial of service. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, a proof-of-concept for a related memory exhaustion attack exists on ExploitDB, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
18.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-8720 · May 18, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1824 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: openssl-0:0.9.8e-12.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-1379Moderate

OpenSSL: DTLS pointer use-after-free flaw (DoS)

May 11, 2009

References

ftp.netbsd.org / pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-009.txt.asc
h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html
lists.vmware.com / pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
rt.openssl.org / Ticket/Display.html
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/35416
secunia.com / advisories/35461
secunia.com / advisories/35571
secunia.com / advisories/35729
secunia.com / advisories/36533
secunia.com / advisories/37003
secunia.com / advisories/38761
secunia.com / advisories/38794
secunia.com / advisories/38834
secunia.com / advisories/42724
secunia.com / advisories/42733
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200912-01.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/50661
kb.bluecoat.com / index
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
launchpad.net / bugs/cve/2009-1379
sourceforge.net / mailarchive/message.php
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6848
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9744
voodoo-circle.sourceforge.net / sa/sa-20091012-01.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/05/18/4
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1335.html
securityfocus.com / bid/35138
securitytracker.com / id
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-792-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1377
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0528