CVE-2017-13850 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Apple MAC OS X

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.1HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 44.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apple MAC OS XApple Macos Sierra 10.12.6 Security Update 2017-003 EL Capitan AND Security Update 201
Timeline
PublishedApr 3
Latest updateMay 14

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.6 is affected. The issue involves the "Font Importer" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted font.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDapple/mac_os_x< 10.12.6

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-fqv7-cv6c-p862: An issue was discovered in certain Apple products↗2022-05-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Apple
CVE-2017-13850: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, Security Update 2017-003 El Capitan, and Security Update 2017-003 Yosemite↗2017-07-19
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