Executive Summary
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Title | Apple Mac OS X CoreText uninitialized pointer vulnerability |
Informations | |||
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Name | VU#498105 | First vendor Publication | 2007-11-14 |
Vendor | VU-CERT | Last vendor Modification | 2007-11-15 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | M |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 6.8 | Attack Range | Network |
Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
Vulnerability Note VU#498105Apple Mac OS X CoreText uninitialized pointer vulnerabilityOverviewApple Mac OS X CoreText contains an uninitialized pointer vulnerability, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.I. DescriptionApple 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.II. ImpactBy 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.III. SolutionApply an updateThis issue is addressed in Mac OS X 10.4.11 and Apple Security Update 2007-008.
References
This vulnerability was repoted by Will Dormann of the CERT/CC. This document was written by Will Dormann.
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Original Source
Url : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/498105 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
Date | Description |
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2009-11-17 | Name : Mac OS X Version File : nvt/macosx_version.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
Id | Description |
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40678 | Apple Mac OS X CoreText Crafted Text Content Unspecified Overflow An unspecified overflow exists in Mac OS X. The CoreText component fails to validate text content resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted text string, an attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity. |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2007-11-14 | Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update which fixes a security issue. File : macosx_10_4_11.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |