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CVE-2009-0314

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0314 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python module of gedit, affecting Fedora and GNOME products. This flaw allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code by placing a malicious Python file in the current working directory, leveraging a weakness related to the PySys_SetArgv function. With a CVSS score of 6.9 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), the vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 0.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:libpeas:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
46.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0062 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gedit

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0314Low

gedit: untrusted python modules search path

Aug 6, 2008

References

bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33759
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33769
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34522
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200903-41.xml
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/48271
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg01195.html
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2
Mailing List
securityfocus.com / bid/33445
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry