CVE-2007-5850: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Heap-based buffer overflow in Desktop Services in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a directory with a crafted .DS_Store file.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.4.11 only

Published 2007-12-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.