Stack-based buffer overflow in TIBCO SmartSockets before 6.8.2, SmartSockets Product…
Priority MEDIUM 52CWE-119Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Complete · Complete · Complete
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in TIBCO SmartSockets before 6.8.2, SmartSockets Product Family (aka RTworks) before 4.0.5, and Enterprise Message Service (EMS) 4.0.0 through 5.1.1, as used in SmartSockets Server and RTworks Server (aka RTserver), SmartSockets client libraries and add-on products, RTworks libraries and components, EMS Server (aka tibemsd), SmartMQ, iProcess Engine, ActiveMatrix products, and CA Enterprise Communicator, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "inbound data," as demonstrated by requests to the UDP interface of the RTserver component, and data injection into the TCP stream to tibemsd.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0643 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 13
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:tibco:enterprise_message_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 5.1.1 | Vulnerable | TIBCO |
| cpe:2.3:a:tibco:enterprise_message_service:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.0 | Vulnerable | TIBCO |
| cpe:2.3:a:tibco:enterprise_message_service:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.1.0 | Vulnerable | TIBCO |
| cpe:2.3:a:tibco:enterprise_message_service:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.2.0 | Vulnerable | TIBCO |
| cpe:2.3:a:tibco:enterprise_message_service:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.3.0 | Vulnerable | TIBCO |
| cpe:2.3:a:tibco:enterprise_message_service:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.4.1 | Vulnerable | TIBCO |
| cpe:2.3:a:tibco:enterprise_message_service:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.4.2 | Vulnerable | TIBCO |
| cpe:2.3:a:tibco:rtworks:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.3 | Vulnerable | TIBCO |
| cpe:2.3:a:tibco:rtworks:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.4 | Vulnerable | TIBCO |
| cpe:2.3:a:tibco:smartsockets:6.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.8.0 | Vulnerable | TIBCO |
- cpe:2.3:a:tibco:enterprise_message_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 5.1.1 Vulnerable ·TIBCO
- cpe:2.3:a:tibco:enterprise_message_service:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 Vulnerable ·TIBCO
- cpe:2.3:a:tibco:enterprise_message_service:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.0 Vulnerable ·TIBCO
- cpe:2.3:a:tibco:enterprise_message_service:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.0 Vulnerable ·TIBCO
- cpe:2.3:a:tibco:enterprise_message_service:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.0 Vulnerable ·TIBCO
- cpe:2.3:a:tibco:enterprise_message_service:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.4.1 Vulnerable ·TIBCO
- cpe:2.3:a:tibco:enterprise_message_service:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.4.2 Vulnerable ·TIBCO
- cpe:2.3:a:tibco:rtworks:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.3 Vulnerable ·TIBCO
- cpe:2.3:a:tibco:rtworks:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.4 Vulnerable ·TIBCO
- cpe:2.3:a:tibco:smartsockets:6.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.8.0 Vulnerable ·TIBCO
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-1291
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fq52-j5vg-rwj5
References
Advisory 6
- http://www.tibco.com/multimedia/security_advisory_rtworks_tcm8-7559.txt
- http://www.tibco.com/multimedia/security_advisory_smartsockets_tcm8-7560.txt
- 20090428 TIBCO SmartSockets Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- ADV-2009-1198
- http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories/smartsockets-sspfm-ems_advisory_20090428.jsp
- http://www.tibco.com/multimedia/security_advisory_ems_tcm8-7558.txt
More TIBCO Enterprise Message Service vulnerabilities
- TI-2007-05438 Heap-based buffer overflow in TIBCO SmartSockets RTserver 6.8.0 and earlier, RTworks… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2008-01633 Multiple buffer overflows in TIBCO Software Enterprise Message Service (EMS) before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2007-05437 TIBCO SmartSockets RTserver 6.8.0 and earlier, RTworks before 4.0.4, and Enterprise… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2007-05436 TIBCO SmartSockets RTserver 6.8.0 and earlier, RTworks before 4.0.4, and Enterprise… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2007-05435 TIBCO SmartSockets RTserver 6.8.0 and earlier, RTworks before 4.0.4, and Enterprise… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2016-03078 Buffer overflow in tibemsd in the server in TIBCO Enterprise Message Service (EMS) before… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2009-1291 · CVE Program
- CVE-2009-1291 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fq52-j5vg-rwj5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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