CVE-2008-3643 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2008-3643?

CVE-2008-3643 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 10 Oct 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Finder in Mac OS X 10.5.5 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (continuous termination and restart) via a crafted Desktop file that generates an error when producing its icon, related to an "error recovery issue."

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3643?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server.

How do I fix CVE-2008-3643?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3643 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2008-3643 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3643 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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