National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4211

Overview

Integer signedness error in (1) QuickLook in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.5 and (2) Office Viewer in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) and execute arbitrary code via a crafted Microsoft Excel file that triggers an out-of-bounds memory access, related to "handling of columns."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: BID

Name: 31681

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681

External Source: XF

Name: macosx-quicklook2-code-execution(45784)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45784

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1021027

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021027

External Source: BID

Name: 31707

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31707

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-3232

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/3232

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2780

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2780

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3318

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32756

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32756

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32222

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32222

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2008-10-09

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2008-11-20

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Nov/msg00002.html