CVE-2009-1186: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the util_path_encode function in udev/lib/libudev-util.c in udev before 1.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (service outage) via vectors that trigger a call with crafted arguments.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 6.06 only; version 7.10 only; version 8.04 only; version 8.10 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 4.0 only; version 5.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 9 only; version 10 only
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 10.3 only; version 11.0 only; version 11.1 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo: version 10 only; version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: version 10 only; version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Server: version 10 only; version 11 only
• Udev Project Udev: before 141 (fixed in 141)

Published 2009-04-17. Last modified 2026-06-16.