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CVE-2009-2191 (GCVE-0-2009-2191)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-08-06 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:44
VLAI
Summary
Format string vulnerability in Login Window in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 before 10.5.8 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in an application name.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/36096 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35954 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://osvdb.org/56840 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2009-08-05 00:00
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