CVE-2009-2839

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Screen Sharing in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 allows remote VNC servers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via unspecified vectors.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 10, 2009
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2009-2839: Medium severity, CVSS 6.8 | Vulnix