Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2009-2194
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."
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (32.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.5.6, 10.5, 10.5.0
- Apple Mac OS X Server — versions 10.5, 10.5.0, 10.5.1
References
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- osvdb.org/56836 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/36096 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52439 (vdb-entry)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35954 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)