4.6

CVE-2009-2905: fedorahosted newt

CVSS: 4.6v2.0MediumModified
AliasesRHSA-2009:1463DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2905DSA-1894-1
Published 29-09-2009Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-2905 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability in fedorahosted newt. EPSS estimates a 0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.6/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.50%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 29-09-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.50%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

41%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.50% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.50%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat3 products
  • newt< 0:0.51.5-2.el3 | < 0:0.51.6-10.el4_8.1 | < 0:0.52.2-12.el5_4.1
  • newt-debuginfo< 0:0.51.5-2.el3 | < 0:0.51.6-10.el4_8.1 | < 0:0.52.2-12.el5_4.1
  • newt-devel< 0:0.51.5-2.el3 | < 0:0.51.6-10.el4_8.1 | < 0:0.52.2-12.el5_4.1
Debian1 product
  • newt< 0.52.10-4.1 | < 0.52.2-10+etch1 | < 0.52.2-11.3+lenny1
Fedorahosted1 product
  • newt0.51.5 | 0.51.6 | 0.52.2
Opensuse1 product
  • newt&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 0.52.18-1.9

4 vendors · 6 products

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