CVE-2007-4682

N/A Unknown

Published: November 15, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

CoreText in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted text content that triggers an access of an uninitialized object pointer.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Patch

http://secunia.com/advisories/27643

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Vendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1018950

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/498105

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38465

Source: cve@mitre.org

VDB Entry

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041