CVE-2009-1726: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 8.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Heap-based buffer overflow in ColorSync in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 before 10.5.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted image containing an embedded ColorSync profile.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.5.6 only; version 10.4.11 only; version 10.5 only; version 10.5.0 only; version 10.5.1 only; version 10.5.2 only; …
• Apple Mac OS X Server: version 10.4.11 only; version 10.5 only; version 10.5.0 only; version 10.5.1 only; version 10.5.2 only; version 10.5.3 only; …

Published 2009-08-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.