VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-4221

CVSS score10 HIGH
EPSS probability3.44%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-12-17
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The strptime API in Libsystem in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted date string, related to improper memory allocation.

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