CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3642
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-10-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Buffer overflow in ColorSync in Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an image with a crafted ICC profile.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x 10.4.11
• apple mac os x 10.5.5
• apple mac os x server 10.4.11
• apple mac os x server 10.5.5
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Nov/msg00001.html lists.apple.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html lists.apple.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32706 secunia.com
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3298 support.apple.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31715 Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021023 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45778 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Nov/msg00001.html lists.apple.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html lists.apple.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32706 secunia.com
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3298 support.apple.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31715 Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021023 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45778 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com