CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
74.0%
Apple Mac OS X CoreText contains an uninitialized pointer vulnerability, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.
Apple Mac OS X CoreText is a framework for handling text on Mac OS X Tiger (10.4) and later. Mac OS X CoreText fails to properly initialize pointers, which can cause memory corruption. Any application that uses the CoreText framework for handling text may be vulnerable.
By convincing a user to view specially crafted text, a remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service on a vulnerable system.
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This issue is addressed in Mac OS X 10.4.11 and Apple Security Update 2007-008.
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Notified: October 24, 2006 Updated: November 12, 2007
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This vulnerability was repoted by Will Dormann of the CERT/CC.
This document was written by Will Dormann.
CVE IDs: | CVE-2007-4682 |
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Severity Metric: | 7.76 Date Public: |