CVE-2009-2468 json
Integer overflow in Apple CoreGraphics, as used in Safari before 4.0.3, Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12, and Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.8, all…
published 2009-07-22 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-2463
- cvss
- 10.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 6.3%
- EPSS 6.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Integer overflow in Apple CoreGraphics, as used in Safari before 4.0.3, Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12, and Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.8, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long text run that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow during font glyph rendering, a related issue to CVE-2009-1194.
Exploit prediction
6.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-189 Numeric Errors
References
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lists.apple.com
/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00002.html
vendor-advisory
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lists.apple.com
/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
vendor-advisory
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sunsolve.sun.com
/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1
vendor-advisory
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mozilla.org
/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-36.html
vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/35914
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
-
vupen.com
/english/advisories/2009/1972
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=480134
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securityfocus.com
/bid/35758
vdb-entry
-
securitytracker.com
/id?1022717
vdb-entry
- support.apple.com /kb/HT3865
-
secunia.com
/advisories/36701
third-party-advisory
- support.apple.com /kb/HT3733
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2009-2468
- NVD CVE-2009-2468
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