CVE-2007-0021

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 23.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-01-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in Apple iChat 3.1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (null pointer dereference and application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an aim:// URI.

Affected products

Apple Ichat: 3.1.6

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305102
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Feb/msg00000.html
http://osvdb.org/32715
http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-20-01-2007.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/24198
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/794752
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22146
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017661
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-047A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0274
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31679
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305102

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