CVE-2009-2468
Integer overflow in Apple CoreGraphics, as used in Safari before 4.0.3, Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12, and Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.8, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.33%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Integer overflow in Apple CoreGraphics, as used in Safari before 4.0.3, Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12, and Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.8, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long text run that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow during font glyph rendering, a related issue to CVE-2009-1194.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 6.33% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35914Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36701
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3733
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-36.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35758
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022717
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1972Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=480134
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35914Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36701
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3733
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-36.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35758
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022717
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1972Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=480134
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.