PT-2009-2843 · Apple · Macos X

Charlie Miller · Published 2009-05-13 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2009-0154

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Mac OS X versions 10.4.11 through 10.5.6

Description A heap-based buffer overflow issue exists, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Compact Font Format (CFF) font.

Recommendations For Apple Mac OS X versions 10.4.11 through 10.5.6, update to version 10.5.7 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-0154

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 11

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0154 · Security Note
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/34926 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50478 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1022218 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/503597/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 · Note
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-023 · Note