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CVE-2009-2188
Buffer overflow in ImageIO in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.8, and Safari before 4.0.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
High9.3EPSS 7.9%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in ImageIO in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.8, and Safari before 4.0.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via an image with crafted EXIF metadata.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.9% · top 5.3% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 56842 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-08-11-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 36096 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-08-05-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 1022674 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 35954 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- safari-exif-bo(52386) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2009-2172 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- TA09-218A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3733 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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