CVE-2009-2803
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD
CarbonCore in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.8 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a file with a crafted resource fork.
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-399
- EPSS score
- 2.3% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2793)
- Published
- September 14, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2793 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 server
- apple / mac os x server
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/57948
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36701(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36355
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53165
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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