Is CVE-2009-3163 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2009-3163 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2009-3163?

CVE-2009-3163 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2009-3163?

CVE-2009-3163 has an EPSS score of 4.53% (91th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2009-3163?

No published fix for CVE-2009-3163 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2009-3163

HIGHEPSS 91th pctl

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in lib/silcclient/command.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.10, and SILC Client 1.1.8 and earlier, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a channel name, related to (1) silc_client_command_topic, (2) silc_client_command_kick, (3) silc_client_command_leave, and (4) silc_client_command_users.

CWE-134

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

4.53%probability of exploitation in 30 days

91stpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 91% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Other references7

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2020-13160	Critical	9.8	81%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-22374	High	8.5	73%	-	-
CVE-2012-1851	High	10.0	66%	-	-
CVE-2024-23113	Critical	9.8	62%	KEV	-
CVE-2012-3569	High	9.3	48%	-	-
CVE-2018-6317	Critical	9.1	44%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.