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Status published
Medium
CVE-2008-1036
The International Components for Unicode (ICU) library in Apple Mac...
Vulnerability Description
The International Components for Unicode (ICU) library in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.3, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, and other operating systems omits some invalid character sequences during conversion of some character encodings, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0296.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42717
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34777
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29488
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020139
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30430
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1762
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34290
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10824
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-747-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0064
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
mac os x, mac os x server, enterprise linux
Vulnerable Versions:
10.4.11, 10.5, 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 5
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 2nd, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.