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CVE-2009-0012

Heap-based buffer overflow in CoreText in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Unicode string.

Published

2009-02-13T00:30:04.843

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 10.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	10.5.6	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	10.5.6	Yes

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/51977 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33759 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33809 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/51977 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33759 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33809 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)