CVE-2009-1186 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2009-1186?

CVE-2009-1186 is a low-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 17 Apr 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the util_path_encode function in udev/lib/libudev-util.c in udev before 1.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (service outage) via vectors that trigger a call with crafted arguments.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1186?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Opensuse Opensuse, Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2009-1186?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2009-1186 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1186 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-m6q5-8596-f8v2, MINI-wm3h-3hq9-mw8p.