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FKIE_CVE-2008-4217

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-12-17 01:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:57

Severity

Summary

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.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html	Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/33179	Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338	Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32876
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021399
cve@mitre.org	http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html	US Government Resource
cve@mitre.org	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/33179	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32876
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021399
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html	US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
apple	mac_os_x	*
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	*
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

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CVE-2008-4217 (GCVE-0-2008-4217)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-17 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:08

Summary

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

8 references

URL	Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444	vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32876	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/33179	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021399	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE

Date Public

2008-12-15 00:00

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Sightings

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