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CVE-2009-4307

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-4307 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem, specifically within the ext4_fill_flex_info function. An attacker can trigger a divide-by-zero error and system panic by providing a specially crafted ext4 filesystem with a large FLEX_BG group size. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.1, indicating high severity due to its network-accessible attack vector and complete availability impact, though it requires medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.1HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0343 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-194.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4.Z - Server OnlyFixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-164.17.1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-4307Low

kernel: ext4: avoid divide by zero when trying to mount a corrupted file system

Nov 23, 2009

References

bugzilla.kernel.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitPatch
git.kernel.org
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00005.html
lkml.org / lkml/2009/12/9/255
secunia.com / advisories/37658
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38017
secunia.com / advisories/38276
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9874
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.32-git6.log
Patch
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0380.html