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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-03-23T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:57:17.563Z

Reserved: 2009-03-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-1046

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2009-03-23T16:30:01.577

Modified: 2016-05-31T15:08:41.990

Link: CVE-2009-1046

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-01-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-1046 - Bugzilla