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Apple Mac OS X AppKit NSDocument API's Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Apple Mac OS X is prone to a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because the software fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the affected application. Failed attacks will cause denial-of-service conditions.

NOTE: This vulnerability was previously covered in BID 28304 (Apple Mac OS X 2008-002 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities), but has been given its own record to better document the issue.