CVE-2007-4690 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2007-4690?

CVE-2007-4690 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 15 Nov 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Double free vulnerability in the NFS component in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted AUTH_UNIX RPC packet.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4690?

It affects 2 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2007-4690?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4690 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-2007-4690 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4690 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-4h2x-j62x-w4mm.