CVE-2010-3798
Heap-based buffer overflow in xar in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.x before 10.6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted xar archive.
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in xar in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.x before 10.6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted xar archive.
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
- 3.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.3% 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
- 2010-11-16 21:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 03:18Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-10-07
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f3a4ff4287e6522234d04f72c46bbbf188965d449564f0dbcce1b2b709f86647
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1024723http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024723
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-bbd24dd0cfhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2S2KRIILUKBJHXDNYJQQX74TFUQRG5ND/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-edf53cd770https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YV6RF6VWM7AFYFTTS7VY5TNH26QUEEFC/
07 Fixed in
Debian 13
- xar Fixed in 1.8.0.498-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xar Fixed in 1.8.0.498-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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