CVE-2008-4217
N/A
Published: December 17, 2008 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendormacOSMac OS X Server
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
Integer signedness error in BOM in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the headers in a crafted CPIO archive, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33179Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189
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