Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2008-4221
The strptime API in Libsystem in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, related to improper memory allocation.
EPSS: 0.034 (87.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)