CVE-2009-0944

no score yetEPSS 4.1%

The Microsoft Office Spotlight Importer in Spotlight in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 before 10.5.7 does not properly validate Microsoft Office files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a file that triggers memory corruption.

EPSS: 4.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 90% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-94
Published: 2009-05-13
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:mac_os_x
apple:mac_os_x_server

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34926
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34939

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