CVE-2007-0710

iChat - Denial of Service via Bonjour Functionality

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-0710. PoCs published by MoAB.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This Ruby script exploits a design weakness in iChat Bonjour services by registering multiple fake _presence records, causing a denial of service (DoS) or triggering a SIGTRAP exception via a crafted TXT key hash. It demonstrates two attack methods: flooding with fake presence records and sending a malformed TXT key hash.

Description

The Bonjour functionality in iChat in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent application crash) via unspecified vectors, possibly related to CVE-2007-0614.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by MoAB · rubydososx
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3230

This Ruby script exploits a design weakness in iChat Bonjour services by registering multiple fake _presence records, causing a denial of service (DoS) or triggering a SIGTRAP exception via a crafted TXT key hash. It demonstrates two attack methods: flooding with fake presence records and sending a malformed TXT key hash.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: iChat Bonjour services (Mac OS X)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to target iChat Bonjour services
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Feb/msg00000.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24198
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/836024
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017661
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/32713
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22304

Scores

EPSS 0.0326
EPSS Percentile 86.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (1)
apple/ichat
Published Feb 16, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026