CVE-2007-0197

Finder 10.4.6 on Mac OS X 10.4.8 - DoS and RCE via Long Volume Name in DMG

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-0197. PoCs published by MoAB.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit creates a malformed DMG file with an overly long volume name to trigger a buffer overflow in macOS's hdiutil, leading to potential arbitrary code execution. The PoC demonstrates the vulnerability by generating a DMG with a 255-character random volume name.

Description

Finder 10.4.6 on Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long volume name in a DMG disk image, which results in memory corruption.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by MoAB · rubydososx
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3110

This exploit creates a malformed DMG file with an overly long volume name to trigger a buffer overflow in macOS's hdiutil, leading to potential arbitrary code execution. The PoC demonstrates the vulnerability by generating a DMG with a 255-character random volume name.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Apple macOS hdiutil (versions prior to 2007 patch)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to a vulnerable macOS system with hdiutil
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Feb/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0140
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-047A.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24198
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/32714
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31410
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21980
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/240880
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305102
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456578/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017662

Scores

EPSS 0.0807
EPSS Percentile 94.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-119 CWE-20 CWE-399
Status published
Products (2)
apple/mac_os_x 10.4.6
apple/mac_os_x 10.4.8
Published Jan 11, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026