CVE-2009-2194

no score yetEPSS 0.4%

Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.8 does not properly share file descriptors over local sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by placing file descriptors in messages sent to a socket that has no receiver, related to a "synchronization issue."

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 34% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2009-08-06
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/Aug/msg00001.html
http://osvdb.org/56836
http://secunia.com/advisories/36096
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35954

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