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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 29, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2009-2905

CVE-2009-2905

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

3
  • Fedorahosted/Newt3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:fedorahosted:newt:0.51.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:fedorahosted:newt:0.51.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:fedorahosted:newt:0.51.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:fedorahosted:newt:0.52.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

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