National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3621

Overview

VideoConference in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 through 10.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors involving H.264 encoded media.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-260A

Name: TA08-260A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html

External Source: BID

Name: 31189

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189

External Source: XF

Name: macos-videoconference-code-execution(45177)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45177

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2584

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2584

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020885

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1020885

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31882

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31882

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2008-09-15

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html