# CVE-2008-1036: The International Components for Unicode (ICU) library in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.3, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, and other operating syst

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-06-02 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0296.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42717
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34777
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29488
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020139
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30430
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1762
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34290
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10824
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-747-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0064

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