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CVE-2009-2803

CarbonCore in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.8 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a file with a crafted resource fork.

Published: Sep 14, 2009
Updated: Nov 9, 2025
CVE: CVE-2009-2803
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: Medium
Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

CWE-399

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
apple / mac_os_x	10.5.8	10.5.8.x
apple / mac_os_x_server	10.4.11	10.4.11.x
apple / mac_os_x_server	10.5.8	10.5.8.x
apple / mac_os_x	10.4.11	10.4.11.x

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
http://osvdb.org/57948
http://secunia.com/advisories/36701
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36355
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53165

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