CVE-2008-0997: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 3.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in AppKit in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application termination) and execute arbitrary code via a crafted PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file that is not properly handled when querying a network printer.

Affected products

  • Apple Mac OS X: version 10.4.11 only
  • Apple Mac OS X Server: version 10.4.11 only

Published 2008-03-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.