CVE-2007-0021 (GCVE-0-2007-0021)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-01-23 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 12:03
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2291 records in the last 180 days details
References
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http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-20-01-2007.html x_refsource_MISC
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-047A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://secunia.com/advisories/24198 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017661 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0274 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305102 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22146 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://osvdb.org/32715 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2007-01-20 00:00
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