MEDIUM
array index error in dtoa implementation of many products
Published Jul 1, 2009
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 28.05%
Description
Array index error in the (1) dtoa implementation in dtoa.c (aka pdtoa.c) and the (2) gdtoa (aka new dtoa) implementation in gdtoa/misc.c in libc, as used in multiple operating systems and products including in FreeBSD 6.4 and 7.2, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 4.5, Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.15 and 3.5.x before 3.5.4, K-Meleon 1.5.3, SeaMonkey 1.1.8, and other products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large precision value in the format argument to a printf function, which triggers incorrect memory allocation and a heap-based buffer overflow during conversion to a floating-point number.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 1.5.3
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.6
- 3.0.7
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.10
- 3.0.11
- 3.0.12
- 3.0.13
- 3.0.14
- 3.5
- 3.5.1
- 3.5.2
- 3.5.3
- 1.1.8
- 6.4
- 6.4
- 6.4
- 6.4
- 6.4
- 6.4
- 6.4
- 7.2
- 7.2
- 7.2
- 5.0
- 4.5
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.47.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1531
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:3.0.15-3.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1530
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
kdelibs-6:3.3.1-17.el4_8.1
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1601
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
nspr-0:4.7.6-1.el4_8
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1530
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-50.el4_8
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1531
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-25.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0154
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:3.0.15-3.el5_4
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1530
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kdelibs-6:3.5.4-25.el5_4.1
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1601
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
nspr-0:4.7.6-1.el5_4
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1530
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
php-0:5.1.6-44.el5_10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0311
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:2.0.0.24-2.el5_4
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0153
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:1.9.0.15-3.el5_4
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1530
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 Long Life
php-0:5.1.6-23.6.el5_3
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0312
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Long Life
php-0:5.1.6-27.el5_6.7
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0312
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 Extended Update Support
php-0:5.1.6-40.el5_9.2
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0312
OpenShift Enterprise 1
js
Affected
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2
js
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.47.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1531 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:3.0.15-3.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1530 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kdelibs-6:3.3.1-17.el4_8.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1601 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | nspr-0:4.7.6-1.el4_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1530 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-50.el4_8 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1531 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-25.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0154 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:3.0.15-3.el5_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1530 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kdelibs-6:3.5.4-25.el5_4.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1601 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | nspr-0:4.7.6-1.el5_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1530 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php-0:5.1.6-44.el5_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0311 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:2.0.0.24-2.el5_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0153 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:1.9.0.15-3.el5_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1530 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 Long Life | php-0:5.1.6-23.6.el5_3 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0312 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Long Life | php-0:5.1.6-27.el5_6.7 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0312 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 Extended Update Support | php-0:5.1.6-40.el5_9.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0312 |
| OpenShift Enterprise 1 | js | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | js | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
28.05% 0.28054
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.28054
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (50 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 28.05% (0.28054) | 98.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 28.17% (0.28167) | 97.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 4, 2026 | 41.76% (0.41760) | 97.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 1, 2026 | 39.00% (0.39001) | 97.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 41.76% (0.41760) | 97.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 1, 2026 | 39.00% (0.39001) | 97.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 4, 2026 | 41.76% (0.41760) | 97.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 1, 2026 | 39.00% (0.39001) | 97.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 40.94% (0.40941) | 97.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 1, 2025 | 34.56% (0.34565) | 96.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 41.05% (0.41051) | 97.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 37.53% (0.37529) | 97.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 4, 2025 | 41.05% (0.41051) | 97.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 37.53% (0.37529) | 97.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 4, 2025 | 41.05% (0.41051) | 97.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 1, 2025 | 37.53% (0.37529) | 97.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 4, 2025 | 41.05% (0.41051) | 97.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 1, 2025 | 37.53% (0.37529) | 97.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 16, 2025 | 41.05% (0.41051) | 97.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 4, 2025 | 42.32% (0.42320) | 97.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 1, 2025 | 37.53% (0.37529) | 97.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 4, 2025 | 42.32% (0.42320) | 97.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 1, 2025 | 37.53% (0.37529) | 97.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 16, 2025 | 42.32% (0.42320) | 97.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 5, 2025 | 44.77% (0.44772) | 97.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 1, 2025 | 36.88% (0.36879) | 96.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 18, 2025 | 44.77% (0.44772) | 97.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 17, 2025 | 36.88% (0.36879) | 96.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 8, 2025 | 44.77% (0.44772) | 97.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 7, 2025 | 36.88% (0.36879) | 96.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 4, 2025 | 44.77% (0.44772) | 97.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 3, 2025 | 36.88% (0.36879) | 96.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 53.59% (0.53588) | 97.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 26.85% (0.26850) | 94.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 45.72% (0.45722) | 97.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 26.85% (0.26850) | 95.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 53.59% (0.53588) | 97.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 22, 2025 | 45.72% (0.45722) | 97.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 20, 2025 | 53.59% (0.53588) | 97.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 26.85% (0.26850) | 95.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 53.59% (0.53588) | 97.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 97.00% (0.96997) | 99.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 4, 2023 | 97.00% (0.96997) | 99.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 19, 2023 | 97.01% (0.97009) | 99.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 4, 2023 | 96.93% (0.96928) | 99.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 20, 2023 | 96.90% (0.96903) | 99.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 6, 2023 | 96.95% (0.96955) | 99.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 97.22% (0.97220) | 99.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 45.69% (0.45690) | 98.40th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 45.69% (0.45690) | 97.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (57)
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/gdtoa/gdtoaimp.h x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/78 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONRES
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/81 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONRES
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- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-272909-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4225 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:294 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:330 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-59.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0689
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6528 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
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- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0689
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner certcc
Published Jul 1, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 22, 2009
Link CVE-2009-0689
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a