Integer overflow in Ralink Technology USB wireless adapter (RT73) 3.08 for Windows, and other wireless card drivers including rt2400, rt2500, rt2570, and rt61, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Probe Request packet with a long SSID, possibly related to an integer signedness error
Published Jan 27, 2009
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.83%
Description
Integer overflow in Ralink Technology USB wireless adapter (RT73) 3.08 for Windows, and other wireless card drivers including rt2400, rt2500, rt2570, and rt61, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Probe Request packet with a long SSID, possibly related to an integer signedness error.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.08
Running on/with
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, 5, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.83% (0.05829) | 92.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.83% (0.05829) | 92.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 11.05% (0.11055) | 93.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 14.21% (0.14211) | 94.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 11.05% (0.11055) | 93.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 14.21% (0.14211) | 94.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 11.15% (0.11155) | 93.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 13.96% (0.13958) | 93.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.95% (0.03948) | 92.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.95% (0.03948) | 90.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 91.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 90.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 78.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512995 x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33592 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33699 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35743 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-08.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1712 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1713 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1714 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500168/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33340 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0282 Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0282
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0282
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512995 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33592 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33699 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/35743 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-08.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1712 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1713 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1714 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500168/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33340 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0282 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0282 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0282 |
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