CVE-2009-2850 — 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

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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

Published Aug 18, 2009

9.3

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.86%

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

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.86% 0.02860

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02860

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 (15 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	2.86% (0.02860)	86.28th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.86% (0.02860)	84.88th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.32% (0.01317)	78.49th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.38% (0.00380)	73.78th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 24, 2024	0.22% (0.00223)	60.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 10, 2024	0.12% (0.00119)	45.83th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.10% (0.00096)	39.73th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.08% (0.00085)	34.69th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.07% (0.00075)	30.35th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 21, 2023	0.38% (0.00380)	69.94th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.45% (0.00452)	71.20th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.82% (0.01818)	77.09th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.82% (0.01818)	77.05th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.82% (0.01818)	75.02th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.82% (0.01818)	54.37th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (4)

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

Link	Providers	Tags
http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/CDF_changesnote2.html		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/CDF_v330.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/3		mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505123/30/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 18, 2009

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Aug 18, 2009

Link CVE-2009-2850

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-2850

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2009-2850