CVE-2011-0179 (GCVE-0-2011-0179)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-03-23 01:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:27
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Summary
CoreText in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a document that contains a crafted embedded font.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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