MEDIUM
Foundation in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed selector name to the NSSelectorFromString API, which causes an "unexpected selector" to be used
Published Mar 18, 2008
6.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.56%
Description
Foundation in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed selector name to the NSSelectorFromString API, which causes an "unexpected selector" to be used.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 10.4.11
- 10.4.11
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.4 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.56% 0.04560
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04560
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.56% (0.04560) | 91.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.56% (0.04560) | 90.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.39% (0.01386) | 78.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.40% (0.02405) | 75.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.39% (0.01386) | 79.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 27, 2025 | 5.07% (0.05072) | 92.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.40% (0.02395) | 90.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | 1.69% (0.01689) | 86.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 22, 2023 | 1.66% (0.01663) | 86.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 1.72% (0.01719) | 85.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.13% (0.02126) | 87.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.45% (0.04445) | 88.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.45% (0.04445) | 87.12th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.45% (0.04445) | 70.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28341 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019649 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41355 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatch | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28341 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019649 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41355 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 18, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 3, 2008
Link CVE-2008-0054
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a