CVE-2009-1046
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...
- Published
- Mar 23, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Jul 9, 2009
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:CLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 54.1%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1sgrakkyu · linux_x86-64 · Jul 9, 2009
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