CVE-2007-1071 EXPLOIT
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 18.4% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Integer overflow in the gifGetBandProc function in ImageIO in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF image that triggers the overflow during decompression. NOTE: this is a different issue than CVE-2006-3502 and CVE-2006-3503.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 18.37% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-02-22 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apple | mac os x |
| apple | mac os x server |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Apple Mac OSX 10.4.8 - ImageIO GIF Image Integer Overflow | 2007-02-20 |
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
- http://security-protocols.com/sp-x39-advisory.php
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/559444
- http://www.osvdb.org/34854
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22630
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017758
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
- http://security-protocols.com/sp-x39-advisory.php
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/559444
- http://www.osvdb.org/34854
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22630
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017758
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
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