Medium 6.8Published Sep 9, 2009

CVE-2009-2205Stack-based buffer overflow in the Java Web Start command launcher in Java for Mac OS X 10.5 before Update 5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash…

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Stack-based buffer overflow in the Java Web Start command launcher in Java for Mac OS X 10.5 before Update 5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS: 6.8 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	10.5; 10.5.0; 10.5.1; 10.5.2; 10.5.2; 10.5.3; 10.5.4; 10.5.5; and 2 more ranges	NVD
apple mac_os_x_server apple:mac_os_x_server	10.5; 10.5.0; 10.5.1; 10.5.2; 10.5.3; 10.5.4; 10.5.5; 10.5.6; and 1 more ranges	NVD
apple java_1.4 apple:java_1.4	through 2; 2; 2; 2	NVD
apple java_1.5 apple:java_1.5	through 0	NVD
apple java_1.6 apple:java_1.6	through 0; 0; 0; 0	NVD

References

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.html	patch, vendor-advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022820	patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2543

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