{"id":"CVE-2008-3608","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-3608","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:32:45.006Z","title":"ImageIO in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 through 10.5.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG image with an embedded ICC profile.","description":"ImageIO in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 through 10.5.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG image with an embedded ICC profile.","published":"2008-09-16T23:00:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:56:09.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-399"],"affected":["apple/mac os x","apple/mac os x server"],"epss":{"score":0.03404,"percentile":0.88775,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Nov/msg00001.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31882","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32706","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3276","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3298","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020876","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3107","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45168","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Nov/msg00001.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00005.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31882","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/32706","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3276","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3298","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31189","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020876","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-260A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2584","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3107","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45168","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3608","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}