PT-2008-4984 · Apple · Imageio+2

Published 2008-09-16 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-3608

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ImageIO in Apple Mac OS X versions 10.4.11 and 10.5 through 10.5.4

Description The issue allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in memory corruption and application crash, or execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG image with an embedded ICC profile.

Recommendations For Mac OS X 10.4.11, update to a version that fixes the issue. For Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.5.4, update to a version that fixes the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of crafted JPEG images with embedded ICC profiles until a patch is available.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3608

Affected Products

Imageio

Macos X

Safari

References · 14

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3608 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31189 · Patch
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Nov/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45168 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31882 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3107 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584 · Note
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3276 · Note
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3298 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020876 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45168 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32706 · Note