CVE-2008-4236

Apple Type Services (ATS) in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted embedded font in a PDF file.

CVSS v2.0 7.1 HIGH

7.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33179	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021398
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32875
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33179	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021398
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32875
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.4:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2008-12-17 01:30

Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30

NVD link : CVE-2008-4236

Mitre link : CVE-2008-4236

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-4236

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apple

mac_os_x_server
mac_os_x

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

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