Unscored severity · published Jul 1, 2009
CVE-2009-0689
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…
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CVSS
28.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)28.1% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
3.0.1; 3.0.2; 3.0.3; 3.0.4; 3.0.5; 3.0.6; +12 more · source: NVD
FR
Freebsd · Freebsd
6.4; 6.4; 6.4; 6.4; 6.4; 6.4; +4 more · source: NVD
KM
K-meleon · K-meleon Project
1.5.3 · source: NVD
NE
Netbsd · Netbsd
5.0 · source: NVD
OP
Openbsd · Openbsd
4.5 · source: NVD
SE
Seamonkey · Mozilla
1.1.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0689
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0689
Patch
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/gdtoa/gdtoaimp.h
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0311.html
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