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A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component CoreGraphics. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-189. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Integer overflow in CoreGraphics in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted JBIG2 stream in a PDF file, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
The weakness was disclosed 09/10/2009 by Will Dormann with CERT/CC as HT3865 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-2805. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/22/2021).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 40945 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2009-005)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116609 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2009-005 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2009-09-10-2)).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (53167) and Tenable (40945). The entries 47872, 47871, 47520 and 50023 are pretty similar.
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Class: Numeric errorCWE: CWE-189
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Nessus ID: 40945
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2009-005)
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OpenVAS ID: 102028
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Timeline
08/17/2009 🔍09/10/2009 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT3865
Researcher: Will Dormann
Organization: CERT/CC
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-2805 (🔍)
X-Force: 53167
Vulnerability Center: 23479 - Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.8 CoreGraphics JBIG2 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 36358 - Apple Mac OS X CoreGraphics Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 57950 - Apple Mac OS X CoreGraphics PDF JBIG2 Stream Handling Overflow
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 03/18/2015 15:15Updated: 08/22/2021 14:45
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (65), 02/14/2017 16:33 (10), 08/22/2021 14:42 (4), 08/22/2021 14:45 (1)
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