CVE-2008-4221 (GCVE-0-2008-4221)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-17 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:08
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
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http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021406 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2008-12-15 00:00
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