VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2009-1236
CVSS score10 HIGH
EPSS probability8.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-04-02
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the AppleTalk networking stack in XNU 1228.3.13 and earlier on Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a ZIP NOTIFY (aka ZIPOP_NOTIFY) packet that overwrites a certain ifPort structure member.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer