PT-2012-1699 · Apple · Macos X+1

Will Dormann · Published 2012-02-02 · Updated 2012-02-03 · CVE-2011-3449

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 prior to 10.7.3

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in CoreText, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash. This can be achieved by using a crafted embedded font in a document.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.7.3, update to version 10.7.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-3449

Affected Products

Coretext

Macos X

References · 3

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3449 · Security Note
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130 · Vendor Advisory