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Vulnerability details: VCID-y2he-kx8g-myaq
Vulnerability ID VCID-y2he-kx8g-myaq
Aliases CVE-2009-1046
Summary kernel: utf8 selection memory corruption
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 4.2
Risk 8.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
System Score Found at
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cvssv2 4.7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1046
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2009/01/30/333
http://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2009/02/02/364
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2009-1046.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2009-1046
http://secunia.com/advisories/34917
http://secunia.com/advisories/34981
http://secunia.com/advisories/35121
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1800
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/12/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/12/11
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/12/9
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0451.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33672
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1
491787 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491787
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2009-1046 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux_x86-64/local/9083.c
CVE-2009-1046 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1046
RHSA-2009:0451 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0451
USN-751-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/751-1/
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added July 8, 2009
Description Linux Kernel 2.6.24_16-23/2.6.27_7-10/2.6.28.3 (Ubuntu 8.04/8.10 / Fedora Core 10 x86-64) - 'set_selection()' UTF-8 Off-by-One Privilege Escalation
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date July 9, 2009
Exploit type local
Platform linux_x86-64
Source update date June 14, 2017
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1046
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.51277
EPSS Score 0.0028
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:58:31.862601+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2009-1046.json 38.0.0