CVE-2009-2468
Integer overflow in Apple CoreGraphics, as used in Safari before 4.0.3, Mozilla Firefox before 3...
Integer overflow in Apple CoreGraphics, as used in Safari before 4.0.3, Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12, and Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.8, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long text run that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow during font glyph rendering, a related issue to CVE-2009-1194.
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What each source reports
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Integer overflow in Apple CoreGraphics, as used in Safari before 4.0.3, Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12, and Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.8, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long text run that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow during font glyph rendering, a related issue to CVE-2009-1194.
- Record
CVE-2009-2468- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-189
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Integer overflow in Apple CoreGraphics, as used in Safari before 4.0.3, Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12, and Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.8, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long text run that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow during font glyph rendering, a related issue to CVE-2009-1194.
- Record
CVE-2009-2468- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-2463 No score
Integer overflow in Apple CoreGraphics, as used in Safari before 4.0.3, Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12, and Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.8, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long text run that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow during font glyph rendering, a related issue to CVE-2009-1194.
- Record
EUVD-2009-2463- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2fgv-c9q9-5wwh No score
Integer overflow in Apple CoreGraphics, as used in Safari before 4.0.3, Mozilla Firefox before 3...
Integer overflow in Apple CoreGraphics, as used in Safari before 4.0.3, Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12, and Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.8, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long text run that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow during font glyph rendering, a related issue to CVE-2009-1194.
- Record
GHSA-2fgv-c9q9-5wwh- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2009-2468 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Mozilla Firefox, published July 22, 2009. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.33%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00002.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=480134
securityfocus.com/bid/35758
securitytracker.com/id?1022717
mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-36.html