CVE-2009-0544

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-02-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the PyCrypto ARC2 module 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large ARC2 key length.

Affected products

Pycrypto Arc2: 2.0.1

References

http://gitweb2.dlitz.net/?p=crypto/pycrypto-2.x.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d1c4875e1f220652fe7ff8358f56dee3b2aba31b
http://gitweb2.dlitz.net/?p=crypto/pycrypto-2.x.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=fd73731dfad451a81056fbb01e09aa78ab82eb5d
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34199
http://secunia.com/advisories/35065
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-11.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:049
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:050
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/07/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/12/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33674
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48617

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