fkie_cve-2009-2905
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2009-09-29 19:30
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| fedorahosted | newt | 0.51.5 | |
| fedorahosted | newt | 0.51.6 | |
| fedorahosted | newt | 0.52.2 |
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