CVE-2009-1237 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2009-1237?

CVE-2009-1237 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 2 Apr 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple memory leaks in XNU 1228.3.13 and earlier on Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 and earlier allow local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory consumption) via a crafted (1) SYS_add_profil or (2) SYS___mac_getfsstat system call.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1237?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server.

How do I fix CVE-2009-1237?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-1237 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2009-1237 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-1237 exists.

Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-xqw4-hgfp-f28v.