CVE-2009-1956 Details
Off-by-one error in the apr_brigade_vprintf function in Apache APR-util before 1.3.5 on big-endian platforms allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted input.
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1956
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System): EPSS predicts the likelihood that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild. A higher percentage means a greater chance of an exploit occurring. The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%).
12.04 Probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days (96th percentile)
CVSS score for CVE-2009-1956
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System): An open framework owned and managed by FIRST.Org, Inc. that assigns a numerical score from 0 to 10 to software vulnerabilities to indicate their severity.
6.4 Medium

CVE-2009-1956 Global Footprint

Top 10 Identified Countries

Country Observations Percentage
DE 30,862 19.02%
US 28,288 17.43%
JP 21,762 13.41%
TW 21,620 13.32%
IT 4,729 2.91%
KR 4,342 2.68%
FR 4,100 2.53%
CZ 2,978 1.84%
CA 2,825 1.74%
RU 2,682 1.65%

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CVE-2009-1956 Industry Footprint

Top 10 Identified Industries

*Service provider organizations (typically Technology and Telecommunications) are disproportionally represented in the results given their upstream ownership of end-user infrastructure. See our FAQs.

Industry* Observations Percentage
Telecommunications 50,527 50.17%
Technology 45,289 44.97%
Education 1,474 1.46%
Business Services 631 0.63%
Government/Politics 579 0.57%
Media/Entertainment 443 0.44%
Healthcare/Wellness 436 0.43%
Utilities 341 0.34%
Legal 208 0.21%
Consumer Goods 183 0.18%

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