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CVE-2008-4222

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4222 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in natd within Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.5.6, specifically when Internet Sharing is enabled. An attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted TCP packet, leading to an infinite loop. This medium-complexity attack, rated 7.1 CVSS, requires network access and results in a complete loss of availability for the affected system. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.4.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.1HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0407 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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/32874
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3444