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Mac Os X 10.5.8 and prior [Medium]

By Security Team • Sep 14th, 2009 • Category: Security Notifications

Affects:

  • Mac Os X 10.5.8 and prior [Medium]

Description

Integer overflow in ColorSync in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.8, and Safari before 4.0.4 on Windows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ColorSync profile embedded in an image, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

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CVE Identifier: CVE-2009-2804
Severity: Medium

National Vulnerabilities Database

NIST National Vulnerabilities Database

Related OLEX Packages: mac_os_x
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