CVE-2007-2406 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Quartz Composer on Apple Mac OS X 10.4.10 does not initialize a certain object pointer, which might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Quartz Composer file.

Published: 2007-08-03

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: 3.2% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.10:::::::*

cpe:2.3:a:apple:quartz_composer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-2401	Quartz Composer on Apple Mac OS X 10.4.10 does not initialize a certain object pointer, which might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Quartz Composer file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03222.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35737

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X Mac Os X Server Quartz Composer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-08-03T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T13:33:29.051Z

Reserved: 2007-04-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-2406

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-08-03T10:17:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:39:31.523

Link: CVE-2007-2406

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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