CVE-2007-6359
macOS X 10.5.1 - Denial of Service via Crafted Signed Mach-O Binary
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-6359. PoCs published by mu-b.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit modifies a signed Mach-O binary to trigger a kernel panic (DoS) in macOS X xnu <= 1228.0 by corrupting the CodeDirectory blob's nCodeSlots field, causing a NULL pointer dereference in cs_validate_page.
Description
The cs_validate_page function in bsd/kern/ubc_subr.c in the xnu kernel 1228.0 and earlier in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (failed assertion and system crash) via a crafted signed Mach-O binary that causes the hashes function to return NULL.
Exploits (1)
This exploit modifies a signed Mach-O binary to trigger a kernel panic (DoS) in macOS X xnu <= 1228.0 by corrupting the CodeDirectory blob's nCodeSlots field, causing a NULL pointer dereference in cs_validate_page.