CVE-2008-4220

no score yetEPSS 3.5%

apple: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Integer overflow in the inet_net_pton API in Libsystem in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this may be related to the WLB-2008080064 advisory published by SecurityReason on 20080822; however, as of 20081216, there are insufficient details to be sure.

EPSS: 3.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 89% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-189
Published: 2008-12-17
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:mac_os_x
apple:mac_os_x_server

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33179
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32839
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32877

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