CVE-2009-1238
Race 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.
Published:Apr 2, 2009
Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
EPS:Apr 2, 2009
EPSS Score:0.00216
CVSS Score:7.2
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Apple
Product
Mac Os X
Apple
Mac Os X
Vendor
Apple
Product
Mac Os X Server
Apple
Mac Os X Server
Exploits
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
