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CVE-2009-2205

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Java Web Start command launcher in Java for Mac OS X 10.5...

6.8 Medium

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Java Web Start command launcher in Java for Mac OS X 10.5 before Update 5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.

Exploit likelihood

2.32%Up 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.8

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Java Web Start command launcher in Java for Mac OS X 10.5 before Update 5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.

Record
CVE-2009-2205
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Java Web Start command launcher in Java for Mac OS X 10.5 before Update 5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.

Record
CVE-2009-2205
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-2201 No score

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Java Web Start command launcher in Java for Mac OS X 10.5 before Update 5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.

Record
EUVD-2009-2201
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-82xg-93p7-mqqc No score

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Java Web Start command launcher in Java for Mac OS X 10.5...

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Java Web Start command launcher in Java for Mac OS X 10.5 before Update 5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.

Record
GHSA-82xg-93p7-mqqc
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
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In short

CVE-2009-2205 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Apple Mac Os X, published September 9, 2009. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.32%, the 83rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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