PT-2010-3459 · Apple · Type Services+1

Published 2010-11-15 · Updated 2010-12-10 · CVE-2010-1831

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Mac OS X versions 10.5.8 through 10.6.4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long name of an embedded font in a document. This is due to a buffer overflow in Apple Type Services (ATS).

Recommendations For Apple Mac OS X versions 10.5.8 through 10.6.4, update to version 10.6.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-1831

Affected Products

Type Services

Macos X

References · 4

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1831 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1024723 · Note