Vulnerability Monitor

The vendors, products, and vulnerabilities you care about

CVE-2008-4211

Integer signedness error in (1) QuickLook in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.5 and (2) Office Viewer in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch 1.1 through 2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) and execute arbitrary code via a crafted Microsoft Excel file that triggers an out-of-bounds memory access, related to "handling of columns."

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2008-4211 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 3 products from apple, from apple, from apple organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Originally identified in 2008, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.

Published

2008-10-10T10:30:05.077

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 10.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-189
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System apple mac_os_x 10.5.5 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x_server 10.5.5 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 1.0.0 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 1.0.1 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 1.0.2 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 1.1.0 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 1.1.1 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 1.1.2 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 1.1.3 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 1.1.4 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 1.1.5 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 2.0.0 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 2.0.1 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 1.1.0 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 1.1.1 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 1.1.2 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 1.1.3 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 1.1.4 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 1.1.5 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 2.0.0 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 2.0.1 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 2.0.2 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 2.1 Yes
References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For apple's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.