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CVE-2012-3716
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 6.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2012-09-20 · updated 2026-06-16
- Weakness: CWE-119
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.
Affected products
- macOS: 10.7.0, 10.7.1, 10.7.2, 10.7.3, 10.7.4
- Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.7.0, 10.7.1, 10.7.2, 10.7.3, 10.7.4
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78748
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78748
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