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CVE-2009-2905

Published: Sep 29, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119
4.6MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 61.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

n/an/a
CentOSThe CentOS Project
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
newtfedorahosted
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
the centos projectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka centos
fedorahostedOperating Systemsaka fedorahosted.org

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
secunia.com
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
lists.vmware.com
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1894
debian.org
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Timeline

Published
Sep 29, 2009
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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