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CVE-2008-2304 (GCVE-0-2008-2304)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-07-14 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:58
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in Apple Core Image Fun House 2.0 and earlier in CoreImage Examples in Xcode tools before 3.1 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a .funhouse file with a string XML element that contains many characters.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6043 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2352 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2093… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/31060 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494230/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30189 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020472 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2008-07-11 00:00
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