CVE-2007-0299

Mac Os X vulnerability

CVSS

7.1

EPSS

3.8%

EPSS pct

89th

Exploited

No known

Integer overflow in the byte_swap_sbin function in bsd/ufs/ufs/ufs_byte_order.c in Mac OS X 10.4.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by mounting a crafted Unix File System (UFS) DMG image, which triggers an invalid pointer dereference.

Affected vendor

Apple

Affected product

Mac Os X

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Published

2007-01-17

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

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