CVE-2008-1576

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

Mail in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5, when an IPv6 SMTP server is used, does not properly initialize memory, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash), or obtain sensitive information (memory contents) in opportunistic circumstances, by sending an e-mail message.

Mail in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5, when an IPv6 SMTP server is used, does not properly initialize memory, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash), or obtain sensitive information (memory contents) in opportunistic circumstances, by sending an e-mail message.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Apple Mac OS X

First reported 16 years ago

2008-06-02 21:30:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-08 01:30:00

Affected Software

Apple Mac OS X 10.0

10.0

Apple Mac OS X 10.1

10.1

Apple Mac OS X 10.2

10.2

Apple Mac OS X 10.3

10.3

Apple Mac OS X 10.4

10.4

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