CVE-2010-0055
critical
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
10.0
Description
xar in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 does not properly validate package signatures, which allows attackers to have an unspecified impact via a modified package.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
macOS Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 10.5.8 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.8.0.498-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.8.0.498-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.8.0.498-1 |
References
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.