HIGH
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
Published Aug 6, 2009
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.93%
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 10.5.6
- 10.5
- 10.5.0
- 10.5.1
- 10.5.2
- 10.5.2
- 10.5.3
- 10.5.4
- 10.5.5
- 10.5.6
- 10.5.7
- 10.5
- 10.5.0
- 10.5.1
- 10.5.2
- 10.5.3
- 10.5.4
- 10.5.5
- 10.5.6
- 10.5.7
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.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
7.93% 0.07933
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.07933
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 (24 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 7.93% (0.07933) | 94.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.93% (0.07933) | 93.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 21, 2026 | 35.23% (0.35234) | 97.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 22, 2026 | 24.75% (0.24752) | 96.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 26, 2025 | 23.05% (0.23054) | 95.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 11, 2025 | 18.34% (0.18341) | 94.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 22.60% (0.22600) | 95.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 27.96% (0.27956) | 94.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 22.60% (0.22600) | 95.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 14, 2025 | 21.24% (0.21241) | 96.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 9, 2025 | 16.53% (0.16534) | 96.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 18.84% (0.18836) | 96.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | 12.97% (0.12973) | 95.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 13, 2024 | 9.60% (0.09597) | 94.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 5, 2024 | 8.27% (0.08271) | 94.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 26, 2024 | 4.89% (0.04887) | 92.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 4.77% (0.04769) | 91.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 9, 2023 | 4.28% (0.04279) | 91.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.47% (0.04471) | 91.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.15% (0.06154) | 90.67th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 18, 2022 | 6.15% (0.06154) | 90.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 17, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 91.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.15% (0.06154) | 89.80th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.15% (0.06154) | 77.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://osvdb.org/56842 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36096 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3733 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35954 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022674 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52386 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00002.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://osvdb.org/56842 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/36096 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3733 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35954 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022674 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52386 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 6, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jun 24, 2009
Link CVE-2009-2188
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a