CVE-2007-5850

N/A Unknown

Published: December 19, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Desktop Services in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a directory with a crafted .DS_Store file.

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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=307179

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/28136

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securitytracker.com/id?1019106

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26910

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39098

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179