CVE-2007-4686
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (31th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-4668)
- Published
- November 15, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4668 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
- apple / mac os x server
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27643(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018950
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483753/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444
- http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2007-001.txt
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38470
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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