CVE-2008-2006 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Apple iCal 3.0.1 on Mac OS X allows remote CalDAV servers, and user-assisted remote attackers, to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a .ics file containing (1) a large 16-bit integer on a TRIGGER line, or (2) a large integer in a COUNT field on an RRULE line.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.19567.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:apple:ical:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Apple Subscribe	Ical Subscribe Mac Os X Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3901
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2219
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492414/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492638/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492682/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28629
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28632
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020094
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1601
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42569

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.32943}`	epss `{'score': 0.34105}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-05-22T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:41:00.262Z

Reserved: 2008-04-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-2006

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-05-22T13:09:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-2006

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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