CVE-2009-2905

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in textbox.c in newt 0.51.5, 0.51.6, and 0.52.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a request to display a crafted text dialog box.

Risk Information

Base Score

10.0

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.078

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
(RHSA-2009:1463) Moderate: newt security update newt-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm	Linux
(RHSA-2009:1463) Moderate: newt security update newt-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm	Linux
(RHSA-2009:1463) Moderate: newt security update newt-devel-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm	Linux
(RHSA-2009:1463) Moderate: newt security update newt-devel-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm	Linux
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability (CVE-2009-2905)	NCM

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234