HIGH
Integer signedness error in the ttioctl function in bsd/kern/tty.c in the xnu kernel in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system shutdown) or gain privileges via a crafted TIOCSETD ioctl request
Published Nov 15, 2007
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.37%
Description
Integer signedness error in the ttioctl function in bsd/kern/tty.c in the xnu kernel in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system shutdown) or gain privileges via a crafted TIOCSETD ioctl request.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 10.4.1
- 10.4.2
- 10.4.3
- 10.4.4
- 10.4.5
- 10.4.6
- 10.4.7
- 10.4.8
- 10.4.9
- 10.4.10
- 10.4.1
- 10.4.2
- 10.4.3
- 10.4.4
- 10.4.5
- 10.4.6
- 10.4.7
- 10.4.8
- 10.4.9
- 10.4.10
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.37% 0.00373
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00373
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00373) | 28.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00373) | 28.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00089) | 23.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 5.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 5.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27643 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018950 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483753/100/200/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2007-001.txt x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38470 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatch | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27643 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1018950 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483753/100/200/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2007-001.txt | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38470 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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-2007-4686
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a