CVE-2009-1046

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Modified
Published: 23 Mar 2009, 16:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 04:57

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
29/100
CVSS Score
4.7 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.3% LOW
0% probability +0.02%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Mar 2009, 16:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 04:57
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The console selection feature in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 before 2.6.28.4, 2.6.25, and possibly earlier versions, when the UTF-8 console is used, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by selecting a small number of 3-byte UTF-8 characters, which triggers an "off-by-two memory error." NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege boundaries.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.30%• Percentile: 53%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    2.6.25 | 2.6.28 | 2.6.28.1 | 2.6.28.2 | 2.6.28.3

References (14)