CVE-2009-1046

MediumCVSS 4.7/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.7/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Mar 23, 2009
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2009-1046: Medium severity, CVSS 4.7 | Vulnix