# CVE-2007-0229: Integer overflow in n/a

> Local attackers can cause a system panic or potentially escalate privileges by tricking a user into mounting a crafted DMG image.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Jan 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7qvp-8qp3-pcfv

## What is CVE-2007-0229?

CVE-2007-0229 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 13 Jan 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Integer overflow in the ffs_mountfs function in Mac OS X 10.4.8 and FreeBSD 6.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted DMG image that causes "allocation of a negative size buffer" leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, a related issue to CVE-2006-5679.  NOTE: a third party states that this issue does not cross privilege boundaries in FreeBSD because only root may mount a filesystem.

Weakness: CWE-189

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0229?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server, Freebsd Freebsd.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-0229?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0229 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-0229 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-0229 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Apple Mac OSX 10.4.8 - DMG UFS FFS_MountFS Integer Overflow (exploitdb)

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-0229 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-0229 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 13 Jan 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-0229 exists.

Affected product: Apple Mac Os X. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0229/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0229/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-0229
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0229
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-0229

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0229/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.