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CVE-2008-4221

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Publication date:
17/12/2008
Last modified:
08/03/2011

Description

The strptime API in Libsystem in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, related to improper memory allocation.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
10.00
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.5.5 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.5.5 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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