CVE-2009-2740

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2009-2740 · Published 19/08/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-2740 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting host-based intrusion prevention system (ca).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.6%, higher than 76.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
host-based intrusion prevention system ca	`= 8.1`	No fix yet

Description

kmxIds.sys before 7.3.1.18 in CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) 8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a malformed packet.

References

securityfocus.com/archive/1/505881/100/0/threaded
support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent · Patch

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