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CVE-2009-2190

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2190 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.8, where remote attackers can disrupt individual services by overwhelming an inetd-based launchd service with numerous connections. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity to achieve a complete availability impact. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0429 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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/Aug/msg00001.html
PatchVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 56841
secunia.com / advisories/36096
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/52425
support.apple.com / kb/HT3757
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/35954
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/2172
PatchVendor Advisory