CVE-2009-2468

N/A Unknown
Published: July 22, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Integer overflow in Apple CoreGraphics, as used in Safari before 4.0.3, Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12, and Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.8, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long text run that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow during font glyph rendering, a related issue to CVE-2009-1194.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35914
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36701
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3733
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-36.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35758
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1972
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35914
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36701
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3733
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3865
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-36.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35758
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022717
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1972
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=480134
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
23.7%
96th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

mozilla