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CVE-2008-4219

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4219 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.5.6, affecting both client and server editions. A local attacker can trigger an infinite loop and system halt by executing an application dynamically linked to libraries on an NFS server, leading to a complete system outage. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with the sole impact being system availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0034 is in the 40th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33179
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT3338
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/32839
securityfocus.com / bid/32873
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3444