CVE-2008-0988

Mac OS X 10.4.11 - Denial of Service via Libsystem strnstr Off-by-One Error

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28374
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019661
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562

Scores

EPSS 0.0165
EPSS Percentile 74.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-189
Status published
Products (2)
apple/mac_os_x 10.4.11
apple/mac_os_x_server 10.4.11
Published Mar 18, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026