CVE-2007-0197

Public Exploit

Description

Finder 10.4.6 on Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long volume name in a DMG disk image, which results in memory corruption.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 53.85% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory apple.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Feb/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0140 vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-047A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/24198 third party advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/32714 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31410 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21980 vdb entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/240880 third party advisory us government resource
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305102
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456578/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2007-0109a%5D.txt
http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-09-01-2007.html exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017662 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-0197?
CVE-2007-0197 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-0197?
To fix CVE-2007-0197, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-0197 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-0197 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~54% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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