CVE-2009-2189
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1EPSS 0.8%EU EUVD
The ICMPv6 implementation on the Apple Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme Base Station, and AirPort Express Base Station with firmware before 7.5.2 does not limit the rate of (1) Router Advertisement and (2) Neighbor Discovery packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and device restart) by sending many packets.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 0.8% (57th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2185)
- Published
- December 22, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2185 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / airport express
- apple / airport express base station firmware
- apple / airport express base station firmware
- apple / airport express base station firmware
- apple / airport express base station firmware
- apple / airport express base station firmware
- apple / airport express base station firmware
- apple / airport express base station firmware
- apple / airport extreme
- apple / airport extreme base station firmware
- apple / airport extreme base station firmware
- apple / time capsule
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Dec/msg00001.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4298(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024907
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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