CVE-2009-2905
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (43th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2893)
- Published
- September 29, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2893 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- fedorahosted / newt
- fedorahosted / newt
- fedorahosted / newt
References
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37922
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38833
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt_0.52.2-10+etch1.diff.gz(Patch)
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067251
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1894(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36515
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-837-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523955
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8556
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9664
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1463.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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