CVE-2009-2194 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2009-2194?

CVE-2009-2194 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 6 Aug 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.8 does not properly share file descriptors over local sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by placing file descriptors in messages sent to a socket that has no receiver, related to a "synchronization issue."

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2194?

It affects 2 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2009-2194?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2194 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2009-2194 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2194 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-hcgh-9h6j-c933.