CVE-2008-0056

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-03-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Foundation in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a "long pathname with an unexpected structure" that triggers the overflow in NSFileManager.

Affected products

macOS: 10.4.11
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.4.11

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28357
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019649
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41309
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420

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