c++filt format string flaw
Published Jul 1, 2008
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.51%
Description
Format string vulnerability in c++filt in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.4 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted string in (1) C++ or (2) Java source code.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 10.5.3
- 10.4.1
- 10.4.2
- 10.4.3
- 10.4.4
- 10.4.5
- 10.4.6
- 10.4.7
- 10.4.8
- 10.4.9
- 10.4.10
- 10.4.11
- 10.5
- 10.5.1
- 10.5.2
- ≤ 10.5.3
- 10.4.1
- 10.4.2
- 10.4.3
- 10.4.4
- 10.4.5
- 10.4.6
- 10.4.7
- 10.4.8
- 10.4.9
- 10.4.10
- 10.4.11
- 10.5
- 10.5.1
- 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 does not affect the version of c++filt as shipped with binutils in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 or 4. Although this bug is present in the version of c++filt as shipped with binutils in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, the format string protection from FORTIFY_SOURCE makes this unexploitable.
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.51% (0.02506) | 84.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.51% (0.02506) | 82.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.86% (0.00860) | 72.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.21% (0.02212) | 74.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.86% (0.00860) | 73.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.29% (0.00286) | 69.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00276) | 67.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00276) | 63.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.84% (0.01837) | 77.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.84% (0.01837) | 77.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.84% (0.01837) | 75.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.84% (0.01837) | 54.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30802 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020392 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30018 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2310 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454074 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43494 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2310
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2310
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30802 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1020392 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30018 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2310 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454074 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43494 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2310 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2310 |
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