CVE-2009-2804
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 4.5%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in ColorSync in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.8, and Safari before 4.0.4 on Windows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ColorSync profile embedded in an image, leading to 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
- 4.5% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2794)
- 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-2009-2794 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
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
- apple / safari
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References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://osvdb.org/57949
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36701(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37346(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3949
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36357
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3217(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53166
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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