CVE-2009-1717
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 3.0%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in Terminal in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted size value in a CSI[4 xterm resize escape sequence that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 3.0% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1712)
- Published
- June 5, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1712 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://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-09-04
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022322(Patch)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504031/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35182(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50982
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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