CVE-2009-2905

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-09-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: 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 products

Fedorahosted Newt: 0.51.5, 0.51.6, 0.52.2

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
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067251
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1894
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36515
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-837-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528

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