Heap-based buffer overflow in the Finder in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary…

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Finder in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by browsing directories containing crafted .DS_Store files.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

6.5% · top 6.2% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (10)

• ADV-2006-4750 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 21335 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• VU#258744 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• 1017304 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 23155 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• macos-finder-dsstore-bo(30617) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2006-11-28 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• TA06-333A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• 30735 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 19:06 UTC.