CVE-2008-2305 — 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 Buffer4 documents4 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
8.7%
top 7.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apple MAC OS XApple MAC OS X Server
Timeline
PublishedSep 16
Latest updateMay 1

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple Type Services (ATS) in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 through 10.5.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a document containing a crafted font, related to "PostScript font names."

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDapple/mac_os_x6 versions+5
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x_server6 versions+5

Patches

Patch: lists.apple.com ↗Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗Patch: lists.apple.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-pg75-3rf9-wvwc: Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple Type Services (ATS) in Apple Mac OS X 10↗2022-05-01
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CVEList
CVE-2008-2305: Heap-based buffer overflow in Apple Type Services (ATS) in Apple Mac OS X 10↗2008-09-16
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-4298 lighttpd: memory leak http_request_parse() in request.c↗2008-09-29
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