HIGH
Integer underflow in Help Viewer in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted help:topic URL that triggers a buffer overflow
Published Jun 2, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 8.18%
Description
Integer underflow in Help Viewer in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted help:topic URL that triggers a buffer overflow.
Affected products
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.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
8.18% 0.08180
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.08180
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 (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 8.18% (0.08180) | 94.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.18% (0.08180) | 94.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 1, 2026 | 17.94% (0.17938) | 95.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 9, 2025 | 20.15% (0.20149) | 95.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 24.73% (0.24728) | 95.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 27, 2025 | 13.49% (0.13490) | 95.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 15.50% (0.15503) | 95.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 5.10% (0.05096) | 93.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.92% (0.04923) | 91.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2023 | 5.02% (0.05019) | 91.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 5.11% (0.05108) | 91.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.62% (0.02624) | 88.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.15% (0.06154) | 90.67th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.15% (0.06154) | 89.80th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.15% (0.06154) | 77.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30430 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020138 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/566875 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29483 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42716 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30430 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1020138 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/566875 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29483 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42716 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 2, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 26, 2008
Link CVE-2008-1034
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a