The cs_validate_page function in bsd/kern/ubc_subr.c in the xnu kernel 1228.0 and earlier in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1 allows local users to…

Description

The cs_validate_page function in bsd/kern/ubc_subr.c in the xnu kernel 1228.0 and earlier in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (failed assertion and system crash) via a crafted signed Mach-O binary that causes the hashes function to return NULL.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.0% · top 37% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• 26840 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• macosx-csvalidatepage-dos(38997) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• TA08-150A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• 30430 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2008-05-28 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• ADV-2007-4216 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://digit-labs.org/files/exploits/xnu-superblob-dos.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1697 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 28048 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 16:02 UTC.