CVE-2007-4682 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Crafted text content in Mac OS X CoreText can cause application crashes or arbitrary code execution via uninitialized pointer access.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2007-4682?

CVE-2007-4682 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 15 Nov 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

CoreText in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted text content that triggers an access of an uninitialized object pointer.

Weakness: CWE-824

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4682?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2007-4682?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4682 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2007-4682 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4682 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-78x2-ww3j-6h5x.

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