CVE-2009-1726
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 8.4%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in ColorSync in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 before 10.5.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted image containing an embedded ColorSync profile.
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
- 8.4% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1721)
- Published
- August 6, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1721 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
- 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
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Jun/msg00000.html
- http://osvdb.org/56845
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36096(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40105
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40196
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4196
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4220
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35954(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022674
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1373
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1512
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52419
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59162
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7499
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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