CVE-2009-0585

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-03-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in the soup_base64_encode function in soup-misc.c in libsoup 2.x.x before 2.2.x, and 2.x before 2.24, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string that is converted to a base64 representation.

Affected products

Joe Shaw Libsoup: 2.1, 2.23.1, 2.23.6, 2.23.91, 2.23.92

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
http://ocert.org/patches/2008-015/libsoup-CVE-2009-0585.diff
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/12/2
http://secunia.com/advisories/34310
http://secunia.com/advisories/34337
http://secunia.com/advisories/34401
http://secunia.com/advisories/35065
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-088.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1748
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:081
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-015.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0344.html

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