CVE-2008-4211

Apple Mac OS X and iPhone OS - Remote Code Execution via Crafted Microsoft Excel File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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 (12)

Core 12
Core References
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Nov/msg00002.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45784
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3232
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31707
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021027
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32756

Scores

EPSS 0.0657
EPSS Percentile 93.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-189
Status published
Products (15)
apple/iphone_os 1.0.0
apple/iphone_os 1.0.1
apple/iphone_os 1.0.2
apple/iphone_os 1.1.0 (2 CPE variants)
apple/iphone_os 1.1.1 (2 CPE variants)
apple/iphone_os 1.1.2 (2 CPE variants)
apple/iphone_os 1.1.3 (2 CPE variants)
apple/iphone_os 1.1.4 (2 CPE variants)
apple/iphone_os 1.1.5 (2 CPE variants)
apple/iphone_os 2.0.0 (2 CPE variants)
... and 5 more
Published Oct 10, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026