Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 2, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-1036
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.
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Affected products
13cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <10.5.3
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 5
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References
15- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.htmlnvdPatchUS Government Resource
- secunia.com/advisories/30430nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/34290nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/34777nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697nvdVendor Advisory
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0064nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1762nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0296.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29488nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-747-1nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42717nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10824nvd
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