CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4217
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-12-17
- 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-189
Description
Integer signedness error in BOM in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the headers in a crafted CPIO archive, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x (<= 10.5.5)
• apple mac os x 10.4.11
• apple mac os x 10.5
• apple mac os x 10.5.1
• apple mac os x 10.5.2
• apple mac os x 10.5.3
• apple mac os x 10.5.4
• apple mac os x server (<= 10.5.5)
• apple mac os x server 10.4.11
• apple mac os x server 10.5
• apple mac os x server 10.5.1
• apple mac os x server 10.5.2
• apple mac os x server 10.5.3
• apple mac os x server 10.5.4
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33179 Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32876 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021399 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444 www.vupen.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33179 Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32876 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021399 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444 www.vupen.com