CVE-2010-1840

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-11-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the password-validation functionality in Directory Services in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 and 10.6.x before 10.6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

macOS: 10.5.8, 10.6.0, 10.6.1, 10.6.2, 10.6.3, 10.6.4
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.5.8, 10.6.0, 10.6.1, 10.6.2, 10.6.3, 10.6.4

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024723
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024723

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