CVE-2008-1573

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-06-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The BMP and GIF image decoding engine in ImageIO in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (memory contents) via a crafted (1) BMP or (2) GIF image, which causes an out-of-bounds read.

Affected products

macOS: through 10.5.2; 10.4.11, 10.5, 10.5.1
Apple Mac Os X Server: through 10.5.2; 10.4.11, 10.5, 10.5.1

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30430
http://secunia.com/advisories/30775
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020144
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29513
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1882/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42721
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00001.html

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