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Vulnerability details: VCID-antt-5fzu-87dw
Vulnerability ID VCID-antt-5fzu-87dw
Aliases CVE-2009-2958
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities in Dnsmasq might result in the remote execution of arbitrary code, or a Denial of Service.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.01131 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-2958
epss 0.01131 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-2958
epss 0.01131 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-2958
epss 0.01131 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-2958
epss 0.01131 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-2958
epss 0.01131 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-2958
epss 0.01131 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-2958
epss 0.01131 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-2958
epss 0.01131 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-2958
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2009-2958.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-2958
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2958
519020 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=519020
GLSA-200909-19 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200909-19
RHSA-2009:1238 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1238
USN-827-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/827-1/
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Sept. 8, 2009
Description Dnsmasq < 2.50 - Heap Overflow / Null Pointer Dereference
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date Sept. 9, 2009
Exploit type dos
Platform windows
Source URL http://www.coresecurity.com/content/dnsmasq-vulnerabilities
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.78273
EPSS Score 0.01131
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:01:14.967999+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200909-19 38.0.0