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CVE-2009-3859

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 11.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-11-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in eEye Retina WiFi Scanner 1.0.8.68, as used in Retina Network Security Scanner 5.10.14, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a .rws file with a long RWS010 entry.

Affected products

• Eeye Retina Network Security Scanner: 5.10.14
• Eeye Retina Wifi Scanner: 1.0.8.68

References

• http://osvdb.org/55744
• http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20090710.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35786
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9114
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35624
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022534
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1862
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51625
• http://osvdb.org/55744
• http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20090710.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35786
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9114

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