MEDIUM
pax: code execution via malicous archive
Published Mar 18, 2008
5.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.14%
Description
Array index error in pax in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an archive with a crafted length value.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 10.5.2
- 10.5.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of pax as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
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.
5.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
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.
3.14% 0.03142
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03142
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.14% (0.03142) | 87.46th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.14% (0.03142) | 86.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.26% (0.01263) | 78.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.33% (0.01335) | 86.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 13, 2024 | 0.51% (0.00513) | 76.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.43% (0.00429) | 73.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | 0.43% (0.00430) | 71.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 22, 2023 | 0.42% (0.00423) | 71.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 1, 2023 | 0.44% (0.00438) | 70.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.54% (0.00544) | 73.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.01% (0.03009) | 83.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.01% (0.03009) | 81.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.01% (0.03009) | 64.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (13)
- 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/28365 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019673 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://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0992 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438146 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41288 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0992
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0992
| 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/28365 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019673 | 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://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0992 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438146 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41288 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0992 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0992 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 18, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 26, 2008
Link CVE-2008-0992
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a