CVE-2009-2188: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 7.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in ImageIO in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.8, and Safari before 4.0.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via an image with crafted EXIF metadata.

Affected products

  • Apple Mac OS X: version 10.5.6 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; …
  • Apple Mac OS X Server: version 10.5 only; version 10.5.0 only; version 10.5.1 only; version 10.5.2 only; version 10.5.3 only; version 10.5.4 only; …

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