CVE-2008-1036

ICU: Invalid character sequences omission during conversion of some character encodings (XSS attack possible)

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

La biblioteca International Components for Unicode (ICU) en Apple Mac OS X versiones anteriores a 10.5.3, Red Hat Enterprise Linux versión 5 y otros sistemas operativos, omite algunas secuencias de caracteres no válidas durante la conversión de algunas codificaciones de caracteres, lo que podría permitir a los atacantes remotos conducir ataques de tipo cross-site scripting (XSS).

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-02-26 CVE Reserved
2008-06-02 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (17)

URL	Tag	Source
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020139	Vdb Entry
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0064	X_refsource_misc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29488	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42717	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10824	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html	2017-09-29
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html	2017-09-29

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/30430	2017-09-29
http://secunia.com/advisories/34290	2017-09-29
http://secunia.com/advisories/34777	2017-09-29
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1762	2017-09-29
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0296.html	2017-09-29
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-747-1	2017-09-29
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697	2017-09-29
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1036	2009-03-12
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464168	2009-03-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.4.11 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.4.11"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.5 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.5"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.5.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.5.1"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				10.5.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version "10.5.2"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.4.11 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.4.11"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.5 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.5"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.5.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.5.1"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Server Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server"				10.5.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X Server" and version "10.5.2"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				5 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "5"		-		Affected