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CVE-2009-0012

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-02-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in CoreText in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Unicode string.

Affected products

• macOS: 10.5.6
• Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.5.6

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
• http://osvdb.org/51977
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33759
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33809
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
• http://osvdb.org/51977
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33759

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