CVE-2008-4221

published 2008-12-17

CVE-2008-4221: The strptime API in Libsystem in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and…

Priority P3 34 critical 10 CVSS 2.0

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

The strptime API in Libsystem in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, related to improper memory allocation.

Affected

14 ranges

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

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