01 Record

CVE-2008-0988

Off-by-one error in the Libsystem strnstr API in libc on Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted arguments that trigger a buffer

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Off-by-one error in the Libsystem strnstr API in libc on Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted arguments that trigger a buffer

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 1.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 74.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2008-03-18 23:00Z18 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 08:01Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2008-02-26

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-189

Data version

5.1

Document digest

853b4df36f33d0b0747bf78a29d726085702282cb038aa683912bc0b3ae9d548

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

applemac_os_xNot specified—

applemac_os_x_serverNot specified—

06 References

www.securityfocus.com28304http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.securityfocus.com28374http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28374vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.us-cert.govTA08-079Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
www.vupen.comADV-2008-0924http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/referencesvdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
secunia.com29420http://secunia.com/advisories/29420third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2008-03-18http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
www.securitytracker.com1019661http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019661vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
docs.info.apple.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562x_refsource_CONFIRM

01 Record index

CVE-2008-0988

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References

02 Records

CVE-2008-0988

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References