CVE-2008-4236 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Apple Type Services (ATS) in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted embedded font in a PDF file.

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 Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00603.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple	Mac Os X Mac Os X Server

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::
	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::::::::
	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:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-4219	Apple Type Services (ATS) in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted embedded font in a PDF file.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33179
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021398
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32875
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-12-17T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:08:34.919Z

Reserved: 2008-09-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-4236

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-12-17T01:30:00.483

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

Link: CVE-2008-4236

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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