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CVE-2009-1186
Buffer overflow in the util_path_encode function in udev/lib/libudev-util.c in udev before 1.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.54%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 54% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Buffer overflow in the util_path_encode function in udev/lib/libudev-util.c in udev before 1.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (service outage) via vectors that trigger a call with crafted arguments.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 17 days later
· 17 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.54% · top 54% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References25
- 20090417 rPSA-2009-0063-1 udev (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 34801 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1022068 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2009:020 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=495052 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SSA:2009-111-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-3712 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-1772 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- GLSA-200904-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1186 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:103 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 34776 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34731 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34753 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34785 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34787 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-3711 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 34539 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1053 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- USN-758-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 34771 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34750 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=662c3110803bd8c1aedacc36788e6fd028944314 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-1186 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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