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CVE-2007-5853

HIGH · 9.3 CVSS v2.0 Published 2007-12-19
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Unspecified vulnerability in IO Storage Family in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (system shutdown) or execute arbitrary code via a disk image with crafted GUID partition maps, which triggers memory corruption.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

Memory corruption vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.4.11 IO Storage Family where mounting disk images with crafted GUID partition maps triggers memory corruption, enabling arbitrary code execution or system shutdown.

MitigationApply Apple's security update for CVE-2007-5853 or upgrade from the unsupported Mac OS X 10.4.11; avoid mounting untrusted disk images until patched.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Mac Os XOperating system
Affected:= 10.4.11

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
M
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

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  1. Check Mac OS X version
    Run 'sw_vers' or select 'About This Mac' from the Apple menu to view the system version
    Affected if The version displayed is exactly 10.4.11 (Tiger)

If the system is running Mac OS X 10.4.11, it is affected by this vulnerability when mounting disk images with crafted GUID partition tables.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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dbcve · scoped
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Apply Apple's security update for CVE-2007-5853 or upgrade from the unsupported Mac OS X 10.4.11; avoid mounting untrusted disk images until patched.

Recommended fix High confidence

Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or later - Apple released Mac OS X 10.5.6 with security fixes in December 2008

  1. Backup all important data on the Mac OS X 10.4.11 system
  2. Verify application compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 or later
  3. Obtain Mac OS X 10.5 installation media or download from Apple
  4. Perform a clean install or use Apple's migration assistant to transfer data
  5. After upgrade, verify the system boots and applications function correctly
  6. Ensure all subsequent security updates are applied
Caveat Upgrading from Tiger (10.4) to Leopard (10.5) may cause older 32-bit applications to be incompatible; some legacy hardware drivers may not work

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Mac Os X Scoped from the published advisory
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