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CVE-2008-4219
The kernel in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and system halt) by running an…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.34%
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- mitre
Description
The kernel in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and system halt) by running an application that is dynamically linked to libraries on an NFS server, related to occurrence of an exception in this application.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- ADV-2008-3444 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- TA08-350A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 33179 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1021404 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 32839 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2008-12-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 32873 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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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