What is CVE-2008-0599?

CVE-2008-0599 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2008-05-05.

How severe is CVE-2008-0599?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X

CVE-2008-0599

The init_request_info function in sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.2.6 does not properly consider operator precedence when calculating the length of PATH_TRANSLATED, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URI.

Published 2008-05-05 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.109 (95.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.109 · newest: 0.109 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apple Mac OS X
Apple Mac OS X Server
PHP
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 6.06, 7.04, 7.10
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 8, 9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-131 — Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

References

www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1412 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492535/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00779.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c (Exploit, Broken Link)
secunia.com/advisories/32746 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/30616 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)
secunia.com/advisories/30083 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-0599?: CVE-2008-0599 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2008-05-05.
How severe is CVE-2008-0599?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.