CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-2905

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2009-09-29 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-09-29
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

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.

Affected configurations

• fedorahosted newt 0.51.5 • fedorahosted newt 0.51.6 • fedorahosted newt 0.52.2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References