CVE-2008-1576 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2008-1576?

CVE-2008-1576 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 2 Jun 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Mail in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5, when an IPv6 SMTP server is used, does not properly initialize memory, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash), or obtain sensitive information (memory contents) in opportunistic circumstances, by sending an e-mail message.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1576?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1576?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1576 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2008-1576 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1576 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-q33m-8h5p-4m92.