# CVE-2007-0229: Integer overflow in the ffs\_mountfs function in Mac OS X 10.4.8 and FreeBSD 6.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) and

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2007-01-13 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Integer overflow in the ffs_mountfs function in Mac OS X 10.4.8 and FreeBSD 6.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted DMG image that causes "allocation of a negative size buffer" leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, a related issue to CVE-2006-5679. NOTE: a third party states that this issue does not cross privilege boundaries in FreeBSD because only root may mount a filesystem.

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## References

- http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/MOAB-10-01-2007.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/32684
- http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2007-January/004218.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0141
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21993
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31409
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23703
- http://applefun.blogspot.com/2007/01/moab-10-01-2007-apple-dmg-ufs.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29441

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