Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.3/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30430Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34290Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34777Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020139
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0064
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1762
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0296.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29488
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-747-1
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.htmlPatch, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42717
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10824
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30430Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34290Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34777Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020139
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0064
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1762
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0296.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29488
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-747-1
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.htmlPatch, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42717
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10824
Timeline
- Published
- Jun 2, 2008
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified