CVE-2009-0017

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-02-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

csregprinter in the Printing component in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.6 does not properly handle error conditions, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

macOS: 10.4.11, 10.5.6
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.4.11, 10.5.6

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33759
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33811
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33759
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33811
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422

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