CVE-2010-1840 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2010-1840?

CVE-2010-1840 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 15 Nov 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the password-validation functionality in Directory Services in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 and 10.6.x before 10.6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1840?

It affects 2 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2010-1840?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-1840 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2010-1840 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-1840 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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