Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11. It has been declared as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-0018. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 02/12/2009. The weakness was shared 02/12/2009 with Apple (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-0018 since 12/15/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35684 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2009-001)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116215 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2009-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2009-02-12)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (48721), Tenable (35684), SecurityFocus (BID 33816†), OSVDB (51971†) and Secunia (SA33937†). The entries VDB-42789, VDB-42109, VDB-46521 and VDB-46520 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 35684
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2009-001)
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OpenVAS ID: 102026
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Organization: Apple
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-0018 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0018
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-46514
X-Force: 48721
SecurityFocus: 33816 - Apple Mac OS X Remote Apple Events Uninitialized Buffer Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 33937
OSVDB: 51971 - Apple - Mac OS X - Remote Apple Events Uninitialized Buffer Information Disclosure Issue
Vulnerability Center: 20954 - Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.6 Remote Apple Events Memory Read Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-0422

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 05/17/2025 21:59
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (69), 08/27/2019 16:58 (9), 05/17/2025 21:59 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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