CVE-2007-4686 (GCVE-0-2007-4686)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-11-15 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:01
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
Date Public
2007-11-14 00:00
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