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CVE-2007-6359

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 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: 2007-12-15 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-189

Description

The cs_validate_page function in bsd/kern/ubc_subr.c in the xnu kernel 1228.0 and earlier in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (failed assertion and system crash) via a crafted signed Mach-O binary that causes the hashes function to return NULL.

Affected products

• macOS: 10.5.1

References

• http://digit-labs.org/files/exploits/xnu-superblob-dos.c
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28048
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30430
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26840
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4216
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38997
• http://digit-labs.org/files/exploits/xnu-superblob-dos.c
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28048

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