CVE-2009-1640
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 3.3%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in Nucleus Data Recovery Kernel Recovery for Macintosh 4.04 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .AMHH file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 3.3% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1635)
- Published
- May 15, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1635 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- nucleustechnologies / kernel recovery
References
- http://osvdb.org/54224
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34860(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.insight-tech.org/index.php?p=Kernel-recovery-for-Macintosh-v-4-04-Buffer-Overflow(URL Repurposed)
- http://www.insight-tech.org/xploits/KernelrecoveryforMacintoshv.4.04BufferOverflow.py(Exploit, URL Repurposed)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34846
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50345
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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