# CVE-2009-2850: Multiple buffer overflows in NASA Common Data Format (CDF) allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated usin

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-08-18 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

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

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