CVE-2009-2824 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Apple Type Services (ATS) in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted embedded font in a document.

Published: 2009-11-10

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: 3.3% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-2814	Multiple buffer overflows in Apple Type Services (ATS) in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted embedded font in a document.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03321.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36956
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X Mac Os X Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-11-10T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:07:36.408Z

Reserved: 2009-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2824

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-11-10T19:30:01.267

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:10:17.857

Link: CVE-2009-2824

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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