CVE-2008-2006

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-05-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Apple iCal 3.0.1 on Mac OS X allows remote CalDAV servers, and user-assisted remote attackers, to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a .ics file containing (1) a large 16-bit integer on a TRIGGER line, or (2) a large integer in a COUNT field on an RRULE line.

Affected products

Apple Ical: 3.0.1

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3901
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2219
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492414/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492638/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492682/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28629
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28632
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020094
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1601
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42569
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3901
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2219

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