CVE-2008-1576

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% 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-399

Description

Mail in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5, when an IPv6 SMTP server is used, does not properly initialize memory, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash), or obtain sensitive information (memory contents) in opportunistic circumstances, by sending an e-mail message.

Affected products

macOS: 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30430
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020140
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29500
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42723
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30430
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020140
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412

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