{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 4 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0888 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2008-0888 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 17 Mar 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2008-0888 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2008-0888 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 17 Mar 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0888 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Apple Mac Os X. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0888/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0888/index.md)","id":"CVE-2008-0888","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0888/index.md","name":"CVE-2008-0888","record":{"aliases":["AZL-35330","AZL-6932","DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0888","DSA-1522-1","GHSA-q7mr-xjvc-chw3","RHSA-2008:0196"],"analysis":{"component_type":"library","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Info-ZIP unzip utility","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can trigger a use-after-free in unzip via crafted archives, potentially causing crashes or arbitrary code 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Use-After-Free","id":"CVE-2019-8526","kev_date_added":"2023-04-17","published":"2019-12-18"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Apple OS X Authentication Bypass","id":"CVE-2015-1130","kev_date_added":"2022-02-10","published":"2015-04-10"},{"cvss_score":5.5,"headline":"Apple macOS Out-of-Bounds Read","id":"CVE-2022-22674","kev_date_added":"2022-04-04","published":"2022-05-26"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"Red Hat","prefix":"RHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-08-26","vendors":["info-zip"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can trigger a use-after-free in 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