CVE-2008-3643
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 1.6%EU EUVD
Unspecified vulnerability in Finder in Mac OS X 10.5.5 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (continuous termination and restart) via a crafted Desktop file that generates an error when producing its icon, related to an "error recovery issue."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 1.6% (75th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3629)
- Published
- October 10, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3629 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://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32222(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31720(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021024
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45780
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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