CVE-2008-0997
N/A
Published: March 18, 2008 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:50 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendormacOSMac OS X Server
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in AppKit in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) and execute arbitrary code via a crafted PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file that is not properly handled when querying a network printer.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/referencesVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41282Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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