CVE-2016-4852

6.5 MEDIUM
Published: September 12, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
View on NVD

Description

YoruFukurou (NightOwl) before 2.85 relies on support for emoji skin-tone modifiers even though this support is missing from the CoreText CTFramesetter API on OS X 10.9, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted emoji character sequence.

AI Explanation

Get an AI-powered plain-language explanation of this vulnerability and remediation steps.

Login to generate AI explanation

CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN94816361/995844/index.html
Source: vultures@jpcert.or.jp
Third Party Advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN94816361/index.html
Source: vultures@jpcert.or.jp
Third Party Advisory
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000151
Source: vultures@jpcert.or.jp
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92609
Source: vultures@jpcert.or.jp
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN94816361/995844/index.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN94816361/index.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000151
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92609
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.7%
72th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

apple aki-null