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CVE-2009-4020

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2009-12-04 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.32 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted Hierarchical File System (HFS) filesystem, related to the hfs_readdir function in fs/hfs/dir.c.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References