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 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.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 6.8 Medium
- Status
- Modified - cret@cert.org
- Published
- 2009-07-01
- Last modified
- 2024-08-07
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Affected products
- Freebsd (Freebsd)
- K-meleon (K-meleon Project)
- Firefox (Mozilla)
- Seamonkey (Mozilla)
- Netbsd (Netbsd)
- Openbsd (Openbsd)
References
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/gdtoa/gdtoaimp.h
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0311.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0312.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37431
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37682
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37683
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38066
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38977
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39001
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-35/
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/63
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/69
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/71
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/72
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/73
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/75
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/76
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/77
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/78
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/81
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022478
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-272909-1
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4225
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:294
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:330
