National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-0646

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-319A

Name: TA07-319A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html

US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-109A

Name: TA07-109A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-3868

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-1470

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470

External Source: BID

Name: 26444

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444

External Source: BID

Name: 22326

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22326

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.digitalmunition.com/MOAB-30-01-2007.html

Type: Advisory; Exploit

Hyperlink:http://www.digitalmunition.com/MOAB-30-01-2007.html

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27643

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27643

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24966

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24966

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2007-11-14

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2007-04-19

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041

Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391

Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391