CVE-2009-1717

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-06-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in Terminal in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted size value in a CSI[4 xterm resize escape sequence that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

macOS: 10.5, 10.5.0, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.5.3, 10.5.4 (+2)
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.5, 10.5.0, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.5.3, 10.5.4 (+2)

References

http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-09-04
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022322
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504031/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35182
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50982
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-09-04
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022322
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504031/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35182
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50982

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