HIGH
Apple Type Services (ATS) in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted embedded font in a PDF file
Published Dec 17, 2008
7.1
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.89%
Description
Apple Type Services (ATS) in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted embedded font in a PDF file.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 10.5.5
- 10.5
- 10.5.1
- 10.5.2
- 10.5.3
- 10.5.4
- ≤ 10.5.5
- 10.5
- 10.5.1
- 10.5.2
- 10.5.3
- 10.5.4
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.
7.1 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.89% 0.01894
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01894
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.89% (0.01894) | 78.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.89% (0.01894) | 76.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.36% (0.00359) | 55.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.11% (0.02109) | 88.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.10% (0.01105) | 85.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 8, 2024 | 0.93% (0.00933) | 82.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.93% (0.00933) | 80.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (8)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33179 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021398 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32875 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33179 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1021398 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32875 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 17, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 24, 2008
Link CVE-2008-4236
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a