CVE-2008-4236

N/A Unknown

Published: December 17, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

Apple Type Services (ATS) in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted embedded font in a PDF file.

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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//Dec/msg00000.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/33179

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1021398

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32875

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html