CVE-2007-6261 (GCVE-0-2007-6261)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-12-06 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 16:02
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Summary
Integer overflow in the load_threadstack function in the Mach-O loader (mach_loader.c) in the xnu kernel in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.5.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted Mach-O binary.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2007-12-04 00:00
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