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CVE-2009-2807

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2807 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability within the CUPS USB backend in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8, allowing local users to escalate privileges. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity due to its low attack complexity and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability once exploited. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 35th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 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/Sep/msg00004.html
PatchVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 57951
secunia.com / advisories/36701
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/53168
support.apple.com / kb/HT3865
PatchVendor Advisory
cups.org / articles.php
securityfocus.com / bid/36350
Patch
securitytracker.com / id