CVE-2008-3643 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Unspecified vulnerability in Finder in Mac OS X 10.5.5 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (continuous termination and restart) via a crafted Desktop file that generates an error when producing its icon, related to an "error recovery issue."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01028.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.5:::::::*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Apple Subscribe	Mac Os X Subscribe Mac Os X Server Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-3629	Unspecified vulnerability in Finder in Mac OS X 10.5.5 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (continuous termination and restart) via a crafted Desktop file that generates an error when producing its icon, related to an "error recovery issue."

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31720
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021024
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45780

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-10-10T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:45:18.953Z

Reserved: 2008-08-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3643

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-10-10T10:30:04.950

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-3643

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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