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TI-2008-00990 Aliases CVE-2008-1036GHSA-w398-xcxp-rxmr

The International Components for Unicode (ICU) library in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.3…

Priority LOW 26CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03192 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 9

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.4.11VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5.2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.4.11VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5.1VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.5.2VulnerableApple
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.4.11 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.4.11 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.1 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.5.2 Vulnerable ·Apple
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2009:0296 Released 2009-03-12 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    icu security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) icu-3.6-5.11.2, icu-3.6-5.11.2.i386, icu-3.6-5.11.2.ia64 +13
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) icu-3.6-5.11.2, icu-3.6-5.11.2.i386, libicu-3.6-5.11.2 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) icu-3.6-5.11.2, libicu-devel-3.6-5.11.2, libicu-devel-3.6-5.11.2.i386

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2009:0296
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2009:0296
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2009:0296

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-1036
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w398-xcxp-rxmr

References

Patch 2

Advisory 4

Other 2

Sources

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