CVE-2008-4220

published 2008-12-17

CVE-2008-4220: Integer overflow in the inet_net_pton API in Libsystem in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a…

Priority P3 36 critical 10 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC L Au N C C I C A C

Integer overflow in the inet_net_pton API in Libsystem in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this may be related to the WLB-2008080064 advisory published by SecurityReason on 20080822; however, as of 20081216, there are insufficient details to be sure.

Affected

14 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	mac_os_x	<= 10.5.5	—
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apple	mac_os_x_server	<= 10.5.5	—
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