CVE-2009-0363

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-02-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in (a) BarnOwl before 1.0.5 and (b) owl 2.1.11 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving (1) a crafted zcrypt message, related to zcrypt.c; (2) a reply command on a message with a Zephyr Cc: list, related to zwrite.c; and unspecified other use of the products.

Affected products

Barnowl: through 1.0.4.1; 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.2.1, 1.0.3, 1.0.4
Ktools Owl: 2.1.11

References

http://barnowl.mit.edu/browser/ChangeLog
http://barnowl.mit.edu/wiki/barnowl-1.0.5-announce
http://bugs.debian.org/515118
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-testing-security-announce%40lists.debian.org/msg00173.html
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/owl/+bug/329165
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48824
http://barnowl.mit.edu/browser/ChangeLog
http://barnowl.mit.edu/wiki/barnowl-1.0.5-announce
http://bugs.debian.org/515118
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-testing-security-announce%40lists.debian.org/msg00173.html
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/owl/+bug/329165
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48824

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