Apple Mac OS X up to 1.1.0 Office Viewer numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 1.1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Office Viewer. Performing a manipulation results in numeric error. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2008-4211. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 1.1.0 (Operating System). This affects an unknown functionality of the component Office 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 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."

The bug was discovered 10/09/2008. The weakness was released 10/10/2008 by TippingPoint with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-4211 since 09/24/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. 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 34374 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2008-007)), 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 115983 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2008-007 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2008-10-09)).

Upgrading 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 (45784), Tenable (34374), SecurityFocus (BID 31681†), OSVDB (48980†) and Secunia (SA32222†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-36812, VDB-40924, VDB-40923 and VDB-40501. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Nessus ID: 34374
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2008-007)
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OpenVAS ID: 102025
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: lists.apple.com
Researcher: TippingPoint
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4211 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4211
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44451
X-Force: 45784
SecurityFocus: 31681 - RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X 2008-007 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 32222
OSVDB: 48980 - CVE-2008-4211 - Apple - Mac OS X And IOS - Code Execution Issue
SecurityTracker: 1021027
Vulnerability Center: 19769 - Mac OS X 10.5.5 QuickLook Integer Signedness Error Allows Remote DoS and Code Execution, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2008-2780

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

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 06/01/2025 23:15
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (80), 08/19/2019 07:57 (5), 06/01/2025 23:15 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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