CVE-2007-0229 describes an integer overflow in the ffs_mountfs function affecting Mac OS X 10.4.8 and FreeBSD 6.1, allowing local users to trigger a denial of service (system panic) and potentially gain privileges through a specially crafted DMG image. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity due to its local attack vector and potential for complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While not actively exploited in the wild, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and it has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 89/100, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.