Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2008-1576
Mail in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5, when an IPv6 SMTP server is used, does not properly initialize memory, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash), or obtain sensitive information (memory contents) in opportunistic circumstances, by sending an e-mail message.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.042 (90.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.042 · newest: 0.042 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.0, 10.1, 10.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42723 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29500 (vdb-entry)
- 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)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412 (vdb-entry)