CVE-2009-2740: Ca Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Ca Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System: version 8.1 only

Published 2009-08-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.