CVE-2008-0987

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2008-0987 · Published 18/03/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-0987 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting aperture (apple), iphoto (apple).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.8%, higher than 92.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
aperture apple	`= 2`	No fix yet
iphoto apple	`= 7.1.2`	No fix yet

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Image Raw in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2, and Digital Camera RAW Compatibility before Update 2.0 for Aperture 2 and iPhoto 7.1.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Adobe Digital Negative (DNG) image.

References

docs.info.apple.com/article.html
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html · Patch
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00003.html
secunia.com/advisories/29420 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/29469 · Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com/kb/HT1232
securityfocus.com/bid/28304
securityfocus.com/bid/28363
securitytracker.com/id
securitytracker.com/id
securitytracker.com/id
us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-079A.html · US Government Resource
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references · Vendor Advisory
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0957/references

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