CVE-2008-1036

N/A Unknown
Published: June 02, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30430
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34290
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34777
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020139
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0064
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1762
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0296.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29488
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-747-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42717
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10824
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30430
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34290
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34777
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020139
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0064
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1762
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0296.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29488
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-747-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42717
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10824
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

30 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.6%
86th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Affected Vendors

redhat apple

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