CVE-2008-4211

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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

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.".

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 0.13955

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EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
EPSS percentile: top 6% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

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Affected Products & Versions

apple mac os xall versions
apple mac os x serverall versions
apple iphone osall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published to NVD10 Oct 2008 · 10:30 AM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Nov/msg00002.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32222Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32756Vendor Advisory

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318

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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681Patch

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31707

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021027

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780Vendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3232Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45784

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