CVE-2009-2800: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in Alias Manager in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.8 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted alias file.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.4.11 only; version 10.5.8 only
• Apple Mac OS X Server: version 10.4.11 only; version 10.5.8 only

Published 2009-09-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.