CVE-2008-3637

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

26/09/2008

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

The Hash-based Message Authentication Code (HMAC) provider in Java on Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11, 10.5.4, and 10.5.5 uses an uninitialized variable, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted applet, related to an "error checking issue."

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

8.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

9.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.11:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.5:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.11:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.5:::::::*

CVE-2008-3637

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools