MEDIUM
Heap-based buffer overflow in CFNetwork in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.7 allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via long HTTP headers
Published May 13, 2009
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.84%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in CFNetwork in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.7 allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via long HTTP headers.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 10.5.0
- 10.5.1
- 10.5.2
- 10.5.3
- 10.5.4
- 10.5.5
- 10.5.6
- 10.5.0
- 10.5.1
- 10.5.2
- 10.5.3
- 10.5.4
- 10.5.5
- 10.5.6
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.84% 0.02836
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02836
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.84% (0.02836) | 86.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.84% (0.02836) | 84.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.23% (0.01234) | 77.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.02% (0.03024) | 77.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.23% (0.01234) | 77.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.33% (0.00328) | 71.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.33% (0.00328) | 70.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.33% (0.00328) | 66.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01960) | 78.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 18, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01960) | 77.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 17, 2022 | 2.04% (0.02042) | 78.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01960) | 76.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01960) | 55.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (8)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34926 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022211 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50480 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34926 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022211 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50480 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 13, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 16, 2009
Link CVE-2009-0157
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a