CVE-2012-3716

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

CoreText in Apple Mac OS X 10.7.x before 10.7.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write or read) via a crafted text glyph.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Sep 20, 2012
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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