PT-2017-13137 · Apple · Coretext+1

Published 2017-11-13 · Updated 2017-11-27 · CVE-2017-13825

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 10.13.1

Description The issue involves the CoreText component and allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted font file.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 10.13.1, update to version 10.13.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-13825

Affected Products

Coretext

Apple Macos

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13825 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-13825 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT208221 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039710 · Note