Apple Quartz Composer 10.4.10 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple Quartz Composer 10.4.10. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2007-2406. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Quartz Composer 10.4.10 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Quartz Composer on Apple Mac OS X 10.4.10 does not initialize a certain object pointer, which might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Quartz Composer file.

The bug was discovered 07/31/2007. The weakness was presented 08/03/2007 by DiGiT with Secunia Research (Website). The advisory is available at lists.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-2406 since 04/30/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25830 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-007)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115607 (APPLE-SA-2007-07-31 Security Update 2007-007).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35737), Tenable (25830), SecurityFocus (BID 25159†), OSVDB (36972†) and Secunia (SA26235†). See VDB-23424, VDB-23658, VDB-25650 and VDB-25166 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 25830
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-007)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: lists.apple.com
Researcher: DiGiT
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-2406 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2406
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38138
X-Force: 35737
SecurityFocus: 25159 - Apple Mac OS X 2007-007 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26235
OSVDB: 36972 - CVE-2007-2406 - Apple - Mac OS X - Code-execution Issue
Vulnerability Center: 15791 - Apple Mac OS X 10.4.10 Allows Remote Code Execution via a Crafted Quartz Composer File, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2732

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 06/08/2025 19:39
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (71), 07/23/2019 09:26 (5), 06/08/2025 19:39 (20)
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