Buffer overflow in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2008-0997
Stack-based buffer overflow in AppKit in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) and execute arbitrary code via a crafted PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file that is not properly handled when querying a network printer.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.036 (88.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Apple Mac_os_x — versions 10.4.11
- Apple Mac_os_x_server — versions 10.4.11
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)