PT-2012-4957 · Apple · Coretext+1

Jesse Ruderman · Published 2012-09-20 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-3716

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Mac OS X versions 10.7.x through 10.7.4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted text glyph. This is related to an out-of-bounds write or read in CoreText.

Recommendations For Apple Mac OS X versions 10.7.x through 10.7.4, update to version 10.7.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-3716

Affected Products

Coretext

Macos X

References · 5

• 🔥 https://github.com/d4rkcat/killosx · Exploit
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3716 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78748 · Note