Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2008-0997 | First vendor Publication | 2008-03-18 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2024-11-21 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
| Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores | |||
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 6.8 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| 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. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0997 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Os | 1 | |
| Os | 1 |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 43406 | Apple Mac OS X AppKit Crafted PPD File Handling Overflow A buffer overflow exists in Mac OS X. AppKit fails to validate PPD files resulting in a stack overflow. With a specially crafted PPD file, a context-dependent attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity. |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-03-19 | Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues. File : macosx_SecUpd2008-002.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2024-11-28 23:14:48 |
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| 2024-11-28 12:15:00 |
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| 2021-05-04 12:07:10 |
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| 2021-04-22 01:07:35 |
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| 2020-05-23 00:21:19 |
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| 2017-08-08 09:23:53 |
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| 2014-02-17 10:43:54 |
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| 2013-05-11 00:10:14 |
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