Format string vulnerability in Help Viewer 3.0.0 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers in a filename, which is not properly handled when calling the NSBeginAlertSheet Apple AppKit function.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-0645 Format string vulnerability in Help Viewer 3.0.0 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers in a filename, which is not properly handled when calling the NSBeginAlertSheet Apple AppKit function.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:26:54.295Z

Reserved: 2007-01-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-0647

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-02-01T00:28:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-0647

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