MEDIUM
Integer overflow in ColorSync in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.8, and Safari before 4.0.4 on Windows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ColorSync profile embedded in an image, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow
Published Sep 14, 2009
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.47%
Description
Integer overflow in ColorSync in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.8, and Safari before 4.0.4 on Windows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ColorSync profile embedded in an image, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- 10.4.11
- 10.5.8
- 10.4.11
- 10.5.8
Configuration 2
AND
OR
- ≤ 4.0.3
- 0.8
- 0.9
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.0b1
- 1.0.0b2
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.1
- 1.2
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
- 1.2.5
- 1.3
- 1.3.0
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.2
- 2
- 2.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.3_417.9.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.4_419.3
- 2.0_pre
- 3
- 3.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0b
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.1b
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.2b
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.3b
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.4_beta
- 3.0.4b
- 3.1
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.0b
- 3.1.1
- 3.1.2
- 3.2
- 3.2.0
- 3.2.1
- 3.2.2
- 3.2.3
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0.0b
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
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.
4.47% 0.04471
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04471
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 (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.47% (0.04471) | 91.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.47% (0.04471) | 90.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 9.19% (0.09194) | 91.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.71% (0.06713) | 85.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 9.19% (0.09194) | 92.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.55% (0.03546) | 91.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 14, 2024 | 4.20% (0.04196) | 92.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 14, 2024 | 2.44% (0.02441) | 89.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 1, 2024 | 2.71% (0.02706) | 89.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 18, 2023 | 2.42% (0.02421) | 88.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.47% (0.02467) | 88.35th | 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 (10)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://osvdb.org/57949 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36701 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37346 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3949 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36357 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3217 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53166 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00001.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://osvdb.org/57949 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/36701 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/37346 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3949 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36357 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3217 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53166 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 14, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 17, 2009
Link CVE-2009-2804
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a