CVE-2009-0156
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 3.1%EU EUVD
Launch Services in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 before 10.5.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent Finder crash) via a crafted Mach-O executable that triggers an out-of-bounds memory read.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 3.1% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0165)
- Published
- May 13, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0165 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34926
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34932
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022215
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50490
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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