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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2008-2006 json

Apple iCal 3.0.1 on Mac OS X allows remote CalDAV servers, and user-assisted remote attackers, to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer d…

published 2008-05-22 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-2004

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.7%
EPSS 9.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Apple iCal 3.0.1 on Mac OS X allows remote CalDAV servers, and user-assisted remote attackers, to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a .ics file containing (1) a large 16-bit integer on a TRIGGER line, or (2) a large integer in a COUNT field on an RRULE line.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-31619)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

9.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-31619 Apple iCal 3.0.1 - 'TRIGGER' Denial of Service dos, 2008-04-21
  • EDB-31613 Apple iCal 3.0.1 - 'COUNT' Integer Overflow remote, 2008-04-21
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28632 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • coresecurity.com http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2219 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.