Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3 Help Viewer numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Help Viewer. The manipulation leads to numeric error. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-1034. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3 (Operating System). This affects an unknown part of the component Help Viewer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-189. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer underflow in Help Viewer in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted help:topic URL that triggers a buffer overflow.

The bug was discovered 05/28/2008. The weakness was released 06/02/2008 by Paul (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-1034. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32477 (Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115812 (Apple Mac OS X 10.5.3 and Security Update 2008-003 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2008-05-28)).

Upgrading to version 10.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42716), Tenable (32477), SecurityFocus (BID 29483†), OSVDB (45703†) and Secunia (SA30430†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-37528, VDB-39128, VDB-39127 and VDB-38768. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 32477
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.5.x < 10.5.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 102031
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.4

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Paul
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-1034 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1034
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42591
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X-Force: 42716
SecurityFocus: 29483 - Apple Mac OS X Help Viewer 'help:topic' URI Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 30430
OSVDB: 45703 - CVE-2008-1034 - Apple - Mac OS X - Integer Underflow Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020138
Vulnerability Center: 18514 - Help Viewer in Apple Mac OS X Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Cause DoS via Help:Topic URL, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1697

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 05:00 PM
Updated: 06/29/2025 03:32 AM
Changes: 03/16/2015 05:00 PM (72), 08/11/2019 08:23 AM (10), 08/01/2021 07:46 AM (2), 11/28/2024 06:17 PM (16), 06/29/2025 03:32 AM (2)
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