{"id":"CVE-2009-0018","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2009-0018","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:39:29.344Z","title":"The Remote Apple Events server in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.6 does not properly initialize a buffer, which allows remote attackers to read portions of memory.","description":"The Remote Apple Events server in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.6 does not properly initialize a buffer, which allows remote attackers to read portions of memory.","published":"2009-02-13T00:30:05.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:04:06.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["apple/mac os x","apple/mac os x server"],"epss":{"score":0.02521,"percentile":0.84735,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/33937","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33759","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33816","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/33937","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33759","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33816","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0018","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}