National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0018
Original release date:02/13/2009
Last revised:08/19/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The Remote Apple Events server in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.6 does not properly initialize a buffer, which allows remote attackers to read portions of memory.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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External Source: BID
Name: 33816
External Source: BID
Name: 33759
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-0422
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33937
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2009-02-12