9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2009-2188
Apple Safari EXIF Metadata Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 6, 2009, 4:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:04 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-2188 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apple mac_os_x
2 Apple mac_os_x_server
3 Apple mac_os_x

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-2188 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-2188 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00002.html
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/56842
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/36096
    Added Reference http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3733
    Added Reference http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35954
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022674
    Added Reference http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52386
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/52386 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52386 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 06, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

18.84 }} 5.86%

score

0.96234

percentile

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