MEDIUM
CoreText in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted text content that triggers an access of an uninitialized object pointer
Published Nov 15, 2007
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.21%
Description
CoreText in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted text content that triggers an access of an uninitialized object pointer.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.21% 0.03207
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03207
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.21% (0.03207) | 87.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.21% (0.03207) | 86.46th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.40% (0.03397) | 86.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.34% (0.05341) | 83.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.66% (0.02657) | 84.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 1.89% (0.01892) | 88.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.63% (0.00626) | 79.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 27, 2024 | 0.41% (0.00413) | 73.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 18, 2024 | 0.32% (0.00316) | 70.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 9, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00304) | 68.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.29% (0.00288) | 67.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.29% (0.00288) | 63.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.01% (0.03009) | 83.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.01% (0.03009) | 81.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.01% (0.03009) | 64.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27643 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018950 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/498105 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38465 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVDB Entry
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041 | x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListPatch | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27643 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1018950 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/498105 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38465 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVDB Entry |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 15, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 5, 2007
Link CVE-2007-4682
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a