CVE-2008-0992 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Apple MAC OS X

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.3%
top 20.54%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apple MAC OS XApple MAC OS X Server
Timeline
PublishedMar 18
Latest updateMay 1

Description

Array index error in pax in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an archive with a crafted length value.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 4.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.5.2

Patches

Patch: lists.apple.com ↗Patch: lists.apple.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-vm5x-cwp8-hcvg: Array index error in pax in Apple Mac OS X 10↗2022-05-01
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CVEList
CVE-2008-0992: Array index error in pax in Apple Mac OS X 10↗2008-03-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
pax: code execution via malicous archive↗2008-03-18
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Debian
CVE-2008-0992: pax - Array index error in pax in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 allows context-dependent attac...↗2008
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-0992 pax: code execution via malicous archive↗2008-03-19
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