CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-2191
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-08-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134
Description
Format string vulnerability in Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 before 10.5.8 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in an application name.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x 10.5.6
• apple mac os x 10.4.11
• apple mac os x 10.5
• apple mac os x 10.5.7
• apple mac os x server 10.4.11
• apple mac os x server 10.5.5
• apple mac os x server 10.5.6
• apple mac os x server 10.5.7
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String weakness
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/56840 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36096 Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35954 Patch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52428 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/56840 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36096 Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35954 Patch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52428 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com