Vulnerability CVE-2009-1717
Published: 2009-06-05   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Integer overflow in Terminal in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted size value in a CSI[4 xterm resize escape sequence that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

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Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Apple Terminal xterm Resize Escape Sequence Memory Corruption Vulnerability
dvlabs
09.06.2009

Type:

CWE-189

 (Numeric Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Apple -> Mac os x 
Apple -> Mac os x server 

 References:
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-09-04
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022322
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504031/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35182
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50982
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