CVE-2007-0229

Mac OS X 10.4.8 - Local Denial of Service and Privilege Escalation via Crafted DMG Image

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-0229. PoCs published by LMH.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing CVE-2007-0229, an integer overflow vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X and FreeBSD UFS filesystem handling of crafted DMG images. Successful exploitation could lead to remote code execution with kernel privileges or denial-of-service.

Description

Integer overflow in the ffs_mountfs function in Mac OS X 10.4.8 and FreeBSD 6.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted DMG image that causes "allocation of a negative size buffer" leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, a related issue to CVE-2006-5679. NOTE: a third party states that this issue does not cross privilege boundaries in FreeBSD because only root may mount a filesystem.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by LMH · textdososx
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29441

This is a writeup describing CVE-2007-0229, an integer overflow vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X and FreeBSD UFS filesystem handling of crafted DMG images. Successful exploitation could lead to remote code execution with kernel privileges or denial-of-service.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Rce | Dos
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, FreeBSD 6.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Crafted DMG image · Victim interaction to open the malicious file
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (14)

Core 14
Core References
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/32684
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0141
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21993
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31409
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23703
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479

Scores

EPSS 0.0106
EPSS Percentile 60.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-189
Status published
Products (3)
apple/mac_os_x 10.4.8
apple/mac_os_x_server 10.4.8
freebsd/freebsd 6.1
Published Jan 13, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026