CVE-2009-2805

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-09-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

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.

Affected products

macOS: 10.4.11, 10.5.8
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.4.11, 10.5.8

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
http://osvdb.org/57950
http://secunia.com/advisories/36701
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36358
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53167
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
http://osvdb.org/57950
http://secunia.com/advisories/36701
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36358
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53167

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