CVE-2008-1036 — Cross-site Scripting in Apple MAC OS X

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting9 documents8 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.6%
top 14.25%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Apple MAC OS XApple MAC OS X ServerRedhat Enterprise Linux
Timeline
PublishedJun 2
Latest updateMay 1

Description

The International Components for Unicode (ICU) library in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.3, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, and other operating systems omits some invalid character sequences during conversion of some character encodings, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:P/A:NExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDapple/mac_os_x4 versions+3
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x_server4 versions+3

Also affects: Enterprise Linux 5

Patches

Patch: lists.apple.com ↗Patch: www.us-cert.gov ↗Patch: lists.apple.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-w398-xcxp-rxmr: The International Components for Unicode (ICU) library in Apple Mac OS X before 10↗2022-05-01
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CVEList
CVE-2008-1036: The International Components for Unicode (ICU) library in Apple Mac OS X before 10↗2008-06-02
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OSV
CVE-2008-1036: The International Components for Unicode (ICU) library in Apple Mac OS X before 10↗2008-06-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
ICU vulnerability↗2009-03-26
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Red Hat
ICU: Invalid character sequences omission during conversion of some character encodings (XSS attack possible)↗2008-05-28
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Debian
CVE-2008-1036: icu - The International Components for Unicode (ICU) library in Apple Mac OS X before ...↗2008
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2009-0153 icu: XSS vulnerability due to improper invalid byte sequence handling↗2009-05-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2008-1036 ICU: Invalid character sequences omission during conversion of some character encodings (XSS attack possible)↗2008-09-26
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