CVE-2009-1046
N/A
Published: March 23, 2009 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:06 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
Description
The console selection feature in the Linux kernel 2.6.28 before 2.6.28.4, 2.6.25, and possibly earlier versions, when the UTF-8 console is used, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by selecting a small number of 3-byte UTF-8 characters, which triggers an "off-by-two memory error." NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege boundaries.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (14)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2009/01/30/333Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2009/02/02/364Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.4Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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