CVE-2012-3716 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

CoreText in Apple Mac OS X 10.7.x before 10.7.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write or read) via a crafted text glyph.

Published: 2012-09-20

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 6.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.4:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.7.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.7.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.7.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.7.4:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.06466.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78748

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X Mac Os X Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2012-09-20T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:13:51.649Z

Reserved: 2012-06-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-3716

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-09-20T21:55:02.750

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:43:47.963

Link: CVE-2012-3716

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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