>> Apple Mac OS X UFS Filesystem "ffs_mountfs()" Remote Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Title : Apple Mac OS X UFS Filesystem "ffs_mountfs()" Remote Integer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-0141 CVE ID : CVE-2007-0229
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-01-11
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Apple Mac OS X, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This issue is due to an integer overflow error in the "ffs_mountfs()" function when handling malformed images, which could be exploited by attackers to crash a vulnerable application or compromise an affected system by tricking a user into mounting a specially crafted image or visiting a malicious web page using Safari.
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