National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2322

Overview

Integer overflow in CoreGraphics in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11, 10.5.2, and 10.5.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a PDF file with a long Type 1 font, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: BID

Name: 30489

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30489

External Source: BID

Name: 30483

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30483

External Source: XF

Name: macosx-coregraphics-pdf-bo(44128)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44128

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2268

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2268

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020604

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020604

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31326

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31326

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2008-07-31

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html

External Source: IDEFENSE

Name: 20080731 Apple Mac OS X CoreGraphics PDF Type1 Font Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=730