CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-0646

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Published: Feb 01, 2007 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.1 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Format string vulnerability in iMovie HD 6.0.3, and Safari in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10, allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers in a filename, which is not properly handled when calling the NSRunCriticalAlertPanel Apple AppKit function.

Weakness

The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mac_os_x Apple 10.4 (including) 10.4 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.4.1 (including) 10.4.1 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.4.2 (including) 10.4.2 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.4.3 (including) 10.4.3 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.4.4 (including) 10.4.4 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.4.5 (including) 10.4.5 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.4.6 (including) 10.4.6 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.4.7 (including) 10.4.7 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.4.8 (including) 10.4.8 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.4.9 (including) 10.4.9 (including)
Mac_os_x Apple 10.4.10 (including) 10.4.10 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References