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CVE-2009-0150

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0150 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.5.7, affecting both client and server editions. This flaw allows a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation or cause a denial of service by attempting to mount a specially crafted sparse disk image. With a CVSS score of 4.4, it is considered of medium severity, requiring local access and moderate attack complexity to achieve partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.4MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 38th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

applepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35074
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/50483
support.apple.com / kb/HT3549
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/34926
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1297