Is CVE-2009-0581 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2009-0581 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2009-0581?

CVE-2009-0581 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2009-0581?

CVE-2009-0581 has an EPSS score of 2.50% (83th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2009-0581?

Upgrade GIMP Nightly to 2.9.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2009-0581

MEDIUMEPSS 83th pctl

4.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Memory leak in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) before 1.18beta2, as used in Firefox 3.1beta, OpenJDK, and GIMP, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted image file.

CWE-401Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)

How to fix

Remediation Available

GIMP NightlyWindows application

Affected:2.9.2Fixed in:2.9.2The GIMP Team

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

2.50%probability of exploitation in 30 days

83rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 83% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-401 (Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-13934	High	7.5	64%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-6304	High	7.5	63%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-12265	Medium	5.3	55%	-	Fix
CVE-2001-0136	Medium	5.0	45%	-	-
CVE-2016-4232	High	7.5	36%	-	-
CVE-2001-0543	Medium	5.0	19%	-	-

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