01 Record
CVE-2008-1517
Array index error in the xnu (Mach) kernel in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.7 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system shutdown) via unspecified vectors related to
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Array index error in the xnu (Mach) kernel in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.7 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system shutdown) via unspecified vectors related to
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
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.6% 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
- 2009-05-13 15:14Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-03-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3cc6b9cce41b5b27b2dd93e77d71e34281b1c75bac31b70432aff9766e00c575
05 Affected products
06 References
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- www.securitytracker.com1022213http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022213
- secunia.com35074http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2009-05-12http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- labs.idefense.com20090514 Apple Mac OS X xnu Kernel workqueue_additem/workqueue_removeitem Index Validation Vulnerabilityhttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=797
- www.us-cert.govTA09-133Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-1297http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commacos-kernel-workqueue-code-execution(50489)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50489