CVE-2007-0646 EXPLOIT
7.1
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 10.2% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Format string vulnerability in iMovie HD 6.0.3, and Safari in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10, allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers in a filename, which is not properly handled when calling the NSRunCriticalAlertPanel Apple AppKit function.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.1 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 10.18% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-134 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-02-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apple | imovie |
| apple | mac os x |
| apple | safari |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Apple Mac OSX 10.4.x - iMovie HD '.imovieproj' Filename Format String | 2007-01-30 |
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24966
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27643
- http://www.digitalmunition.com/MOAB-30-01-2007.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22326
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1470
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24966
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27643
- http://www.digitalmunition.com/MOAB-30-01-2007.html
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