CVE-2007-4684

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-11-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Integer overflow in the kernel in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a large num_sels argument to the i386_set_ldt system call.

Affected products

macOS: 10.4, 10.4.1, 10.4.2, 10.4.3, 10.4.4, 10.4.5 (+5)

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-November/058522.html
http://risesecurity.org/advisory/RISE-2007004/
http://secunia.com/advisories/27643
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018950
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483793/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38468
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041

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