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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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.