TI-2009-01556 Aliases CVE-2009-1640 GHSA-ppqr-hrmq-h927

Stack-based buffer overflow in Nucleus Data Recovery Kernel Recovery for Macintosh 4.04…

MEDIUM 46CWE-119Published 2009-05-15 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0328 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:nucleustechnologies:kernel_recovery:4.04::macintosh:::::	4.04	Vulnerable	Nucleustechnologies

cpe:2.3:a:nucleustechnologies:kernel_recovery:4.04:*:macintosh:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.04 Vulnerable ·Nucleustechnologies

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-1640
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ppqr-hrmq-h927

References

Exploit 1

http://www.insight-tech.org/xploits/KernelrecoveryforMacintoshv.4.04BufferOverflow.py

Other 2

TI-2009-01555 Stack-based buffer overflow in Nucleus Data Recovery Kernel Recovery for Novell 4.03… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3

Sources

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