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CVE-2009-1186

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1186 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the util_path_encode function within udev, affecting versions prior to 1.4.1, including distributions like Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE. This flaw allows a local, unauthenticated attacker to trigger a denial of service by providing crafted arguments, leading to a service outage. With a low CVSS score of 2.1 and no known public exploits or active exploitation, the risk associated with this vulnerability is minimal, and it has garnered no community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 141CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:udev_project:udev:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:10:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0054 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-1186Moderate

udev: Buffer overflow in path encoding routine

Apr 15, 2009

References

git.kernel.org
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00006.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34731
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/34750
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/34753
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/34771
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/34776
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/34785
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/34787
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/34801
Not Applicable
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
Third Party Advisory
launchpad.net / bugs/cve/2009-1186
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00462.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00463.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063
Broken Link
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0063
Broken Link
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1772
Third Party Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200904-18.xml
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / archive/1/502752/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/34539
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-758-1
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1053
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