CVE-2008-1576: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 4.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Mail in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5, when an IPv6 SMTP server is used, does not properly initialize memory, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash), or obtain sensitive information (memory contents) in opportunistic circumstances, by sending an e-mail message.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.0 only; version 10.1 only; version 10.2 only; version 10.3 only; version 10.4 only

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