Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2009-1717
Integer overflow in Terminal in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted size value in a CSI[4 xterm resize escape sequence that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.030 (87.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.030 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.5, 10.5.0, 10.5.1
- Apple Mac OS X Server — versions 10.5, 10.5.0, 10.5.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35182 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (Patch, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50982 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504031/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-09-04