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CVE-2008-0997
Stack-based buffer overflow in AppKit in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
Medium6.8EPSS 3.6%
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- mitre
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in AppKit in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) and execute arbitrary code via a crafted PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file that is not properly handled when querying a network printer.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.6% · top 10% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (8)
- 28364 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 28304 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- TA08-079A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0924 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2008-03-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- macos-appkit-ppd-bo(41282) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1019648 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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