CVE-2009-2850

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in NASA Common Data Format (CDF) allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated using (1) an array index error in the ReadAEDRList64 function, and other errors in the (2) SearchForRecord_r_64, (3) LastRecord64, (4) CDFsel64, and other unspecified functions.

Affected products

Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center Common Data Format: all versions

References

http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/CDF_changesnote2.html
http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/CDF_v330.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505123/30/0/threaded
http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/CDF_changesnote2.html
http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/CDF_v330.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505123/30/0/threaded

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