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CVE-2009-0948

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0948 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities within the cdf_read_sat, cdf_read_long_sector_chain, and cdf_read_ssat functions in Apple files prior to version 5.02. This critical vulnerability, rated 9.8 CVSS, allows for remote code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring no user interaction or authentication. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. However, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions, indicating continued awareness and potential interest.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:files:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0113 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0948Moderate

file: multiple memory corruption issues

May 15, 2009

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory