CVE-2008-1573: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The BMP and GIF image decoding engine in ImageIO in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.3 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (memory contents) via a crafted (1) BMP or (2) GIF image, which causes an out-of-bounds read.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.5.2; version 10.4.11 only; version 10.5 only; version 10.5.1 only
• Apple Mac OS X Server: up to and including 10.5.2; version 10.4.11 only; version 10.5 only; version 10.5.1 only

Published 2008-06-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.