CVE-2011-3449

N/A Unknown

Published: February 02, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in CoreText in Apple Mac OS X before 10.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted embedded font in a document.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html

Source: product-security@apple.com

Vendor Advisory

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130

Source: product-security@apple.com

Vendor Advisory

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

2.5%

83th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

apple

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