CVE-2009-2194

mediumpriority · track · 20EPSS 0.004 · 35 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.40% (35th) EPSS

CVSS 4.9 · medium

Is it mine?

20 products

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Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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."

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.9mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.9

v2.04.2mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-362USLLM-inferredCWE-400USLLM-inferred

affected products (20)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
apple mac os x= 10.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.5.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.5.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.5.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.5.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.5.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.5.6nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x= 10.5.7nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.5.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.5.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.5.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.5.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.5.6nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac os x server= 10.5.7nvdUScpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2009-08-06modified 2026-06-16

references (18)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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