CVE-2009-1717

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50982

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35182

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504031/100/0/threaded

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549

http://securitytracker.com/id?1022322

http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-09-04

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-06-05

Updated: 2018-10-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High