CVE-2008-0990
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
notifyd in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 does not verify that Mach port death notifications have originated from the kernel, which allows local users to cause a denial of service via spoofed death notifications that prevent other applications from receiving notifications.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (27th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0997)
- Published
- March 18, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0997 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x server
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28304
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28345
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019663
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41289
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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