LOW
udev: Buffer overflow in path encoding routine
Published Apr 17, 2009
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.54%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- < 141
Configuration 2
OR
- 10
- 11
- 10.3
- 11.0
- 11.1
- 10
- 11
- 10
- 11
Configuration 3
OR
- 4.0
- 5.0
Configuration 4
OR
- 6.06
- 7.10
- 8.04
- 8.10
Configuration 5
OR
- 9
- 10
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of udev as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, or 5.
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.
2.1 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.54% 0.00539
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00539
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.54% (0.00539) | 43.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.54% (0.00539) | 40.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.14% (0.00145) | 32.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 11.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (28)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/hotplug/udev.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=662c3110803bd8c1aedacc36788e6fd028944314 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34731 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34750 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34753 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34771 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34776 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34785 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34787 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34801 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIANot Applicable
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.446399 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREThird Party Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063 x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1772 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200904-18.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:103 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502752/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34539 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022068 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-758-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1053 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions Required
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1186 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=495052 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1186 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1186
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1186
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00462.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00463.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Apr 17, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 31, 2009
Link CVE-2009-1186
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a