CVE-2008-0988

Off-by-one error in the Libsystem strnstr API in libc on Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted arguments that trigger a buffer over-read.

Published: Mar 19, 2008
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2008-0988
Severity: Low
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: Low
Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWEs:

CWE-189

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
apple / mac_os_x_server	10.4.11	10.4.11.x
apple / mac_os_x	10.4.11	10.4.11.x

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28374
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019661
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references

Vulnerability Database

291,049

CVE-2008-0988