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FKIE_CVE-2007-4682

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-11-15 01:46 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:44
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27643Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1018950Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/498105Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38465VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27643Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1018950Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/498105Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38465VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apple mac_os_x *

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              "versionEndIncluding": "10.4.10",
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      "value": "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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      "value": "CoreText de Apple Mac OS X 10.4 hasta 10.4.10 permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (ca\u00edda de aplicaci\u00f3n) y posiblemente ejecutar c\u00f3digo de su elecci\u00f3n mediante contenido textual manipulado que dispara un acceso de un puntero a objeto no inicializado."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2007-4682",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:44:34.747",
  "metrics": {
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        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
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