# CVE-2008-3636: Integer overflow in n/a

> Integer overflow in Windows kernel API allows local attackers to gain elevated privileges via specific driver interactions.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Sep 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4q27-w7jf-v3mh

## What is CVE-2008-3636?

CVE-2008-3636 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Itunes, published on 10 Sep 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Integer overflow in the IopfCompleteRequest API in the kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, and Vista allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges. NOTE: this issue was originally reported for GEARAspiWDM.sys 2.0.7.5 in Gear Software CD DVD Filter driver before 4.001.7, as used in other products including Apple iTunes and multiple Symantec and Norton products, which allows local users to gain privileges via repeated IoAttachDevice IOCTL calls to \\.\GEARAspiWDMDevice in this GEARAspiWDM.sys.  However, the root cause is the integer overflow in the API call itself.

Weakness: CWE-189

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3636?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Apple Itunes.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-3636?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3636 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-3636 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3636 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Apple Itunes

- [CVE-2010-1763](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-1763/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2010-1769](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-1769/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2013-1035](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1035/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2012-0677](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0677/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2011-3219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3219/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-3636 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-3636 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Itunes, published on 10 Sep 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3636 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Apple Itunes. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3636/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3636/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3636
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3636
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-3636

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3636/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.