A vulnerability has been identified in Apple iPhoto, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a format string error when processing photocast subscriptions, which could be exploited by atatckers to crash a vulnerable application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into subscribing to a specially crafted photocast.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Nathan McFeters (Ernst & Young Advanced Security Center).
ChangeLog
2008-02-06 : Initial release
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