CVE-2009-1238

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1238
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-04-02 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionRace condition in the HFS vfs sysctl interface in XNU 1228.8.20 and earlier on Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory corruption) by simultaneously executing the same HFS_SET_PKG_EXTENSIONS code path in multiple threads, which is problematic because of lack of mutex locking for an unspecified global variable.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-362 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.0.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.0.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.0.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.0.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.0.4 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.1.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.1.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.1.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.1.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.1.4 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.1.5 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.2.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.2.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.2.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.2.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.2.4 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.2.5 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.2.6 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.2.7 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.2.8 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.3.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.3.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.3.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.3.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.3.4 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.3.5 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.3.6 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.3.7 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.3.8 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.3.9 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.10 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.11 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.4 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.5 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.6 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.7 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.8 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.8 All macbook All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.8 All macbook_pro All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.8 All mac_mini All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.4.9 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.5 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.5.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.5.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.5.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.5.2 2008-002 All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.5.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.5.4 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X 10.5.5 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.0.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.0.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.0.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.0.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.0.4 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.1.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.1.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.1.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.1.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.1.4 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.1.5 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.2.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.2.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.2.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.2.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.2.4 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.2.5 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.2.6 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.2.7 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.2.8 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.3.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.3.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.3.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.3.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.3.4 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.3.5 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.3.6 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.3.7 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.3.8 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.3.9 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.4 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.4.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.4.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.4.10 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.4.11 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.4.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.4.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.4.4 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.4.5 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.4.6 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.4.7 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.4.8 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.4.9 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.5 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.5.0 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.5.1 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.5.2 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.5.3 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.5.4 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server 10.5.5 All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X Server All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Apple Mac OS X Kernel Memory Multiple Local Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Apple Mac OSX xnu 1228.x - 'vfssysctl' Local Kernel Denial of Service (PoC) - OSX dos Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/mac/showArticle.jhtml af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.informationweek.com
Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/xnu-vfssysctl-dos.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.digit-labs.org Exploit
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