CVE-2008-1036

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.31% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0296.html vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42717 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/34777 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29488 vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020139 vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html us government resource third party advisory patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/30430 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1762 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34290 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10824 vdb entry signature
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-747-1 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412 vdb entry
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0064

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1036?
CVE-2008-1036 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1036?
To fix CVE-2008-1036, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-1036 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-1036 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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