CVE-2007-4689 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2007-4689?

CVE-2007-4689 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 15 Nov 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Double free vulnerability in the Networking component in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system shutdown) or execute arbitrary code via crafted IPV6 packets.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4689?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server.

How do I fix CVE-2007-4689?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4689 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2007-4689 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4689 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-28w9-f394-mqfw.