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CVE-2009-2905
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…
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 0.50%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 57% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 40 days later
· 40 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 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.50% · top 57% 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: Medium 4.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References16
- 38794 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [security-announce] 20100303 VMSA-2010-0004 ESX Service Console and vMA third party updates (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-1894 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523955 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:1463 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067251 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 36515 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt_0.52.2-10+etch1.diff.gz (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8556 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9664 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 37922 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-837-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 38833 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0528 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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-2009-2893 (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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