FKIE_CVE-2008-4211
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-10-10 10:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:57
Severity
Summary
Integer signedness error in (1) QuickLook in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.5 and (2) Office Viewer in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) and execute arbitrary code via a crafted Microsoft Excel file that triggers an out-of-bounds memory access, related to "handling of columns."
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| apple | mac_os_x | 10.5.5 | |
| apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.5.5 | |
| apple | iphone_os | 1.0.0 | |
| apple | iphone_os | 1.0.1 | |
| apple | iphone_os | 1.0.2 | |
| apple | iphone_os | 1.1.0 | |
| apple | iphone_os | 1.1.1 | |
| apple | iphone_os | 1.1.2 | |
| apple | iphone_os | 1.1.3 | |
| apple | iphone_os | 1.1.4 | |
| apple | iphone_os | 1.1.5 | |
| apple | iphone_os | 2.0.0 | |
| apple | iphone_os | 2.0.1 | |
| apple | iphone_os | 1.1.0 | |
| apple | iphone_os | 1.1.1 | |
| apple | iphone_os | 1.1.2 | |
| apple | iphone_os | 1.1.3 | |
| apple | iphone_os | 1.1.4 | |
| apple | iphone_os | 1.1.5 | |
| apple | iphone_os | 2.0.0 | |
| apple | iphone_os | 2.0.1 | |
| apple | iphone_os | 2.0.2 | |
| apple | iphone_os | 2.1 |
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