VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2009-1046
CVSS score4.7 NONE
EPSS probability0.78%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-03-23
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-399