CVE-2009-2194
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.8 does not properly share file descriptors over local sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by placing file descriptors in messages sent to a socket that has no receiver, related to a "synchronization issue."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.4% (35th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2190)
- 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-2009-2190 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 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://osvdb.org/56836
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36096(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35954(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022672
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52439
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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