CVE-2009-1236
highpriority · attend · 53EPSS 0.084 · 95 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Heap-based buffer overflow in the AppleTalk networking stack in XNU 1228.3.13 and earlier on Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a ZIP NOTIFY (aka ZIPOP_NOTIFY) packet that overwrites a certain ifPort structure member.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-8262Apple Mac OSX xnu 1228.3.13 - 'zip-notify' Remote Kernel Overflow (PoC)functional · exploit_db
affected products (111)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (10)
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/34424enisa_euvd
- http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/xnu-appletalk-zip.cenisa_euvd
- http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/mac/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216401181enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34201enisa_euvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8262enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34424nvd
- http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/xnu-appletalk-zip.cExploitnvd
- http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/mac/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216401181nvd
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