PT-2010-3468 · Apple · Macos X+1

Jesse Ruderman · Published 2010-11-15 · Updated 2011-01-12 · CVE-2010-1842

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Mac OS X versions 10.6.x through 10.6.4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a bidirectional text string with ellipsis truncation. This occurs due to a buffer overflow in AppKit.

Recommendations For Apple Mac OS X versions 10.6.x 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-2010-1842

Affected Products

Appkit

Macos X

References · 5

• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1842 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/44803 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1024723 · Note