com.apple.AppleDiskImageController in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…

Description

com.apple.AppleDiskImageController in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed DMG image that triggers memory corruption. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed by a third party, who states that the impact is limited to a denial of service (kernel panic) due to a vm_fault call with a non-aligned address.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

10.3% · top 4.3% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (17)

• http://alastairs-place.net/2006/11/dmg-vulnerability/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• TA07-072A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2007-03-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1017751 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 23012 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.matasano.com/log/633/alastair-houghton-debunks-lmh-mokb-finding/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• ADV-2006-4629 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 30509 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-20-11-2006.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• VU#367424 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• ADV-2007-0930 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 1017260 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 21201 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://kernelfun.blogspot.com/2006/11/more-mokb-20-11-2006-related-news.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• macosx-dmg-code-execution(30440) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 24479 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 20:12 UTC.