CVE-2009-2833

Buffer overflow in the UCCompareTextDefault API in International Components for Unicode in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors.

• CWE-119

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36956Patch
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36956Patch
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184

Published

Nov 10, 2009

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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