Buffer overflow in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2008-1573
The BMP and GIF image decoding engine in ImageIO in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (memory contents) via a crafted (1) BMP or (2) GIF image, which causes an out-of-bounds read.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.021 (81.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.4.11, 10.5, 10.5.1
- Apple Mac OS X Server — versions 10.4.11, 10.5, 10.5.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/30775 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1882/references (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/30430 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (Patch, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42721 (vdb-entry)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29513 (vdb-entry)