CoreText in Apple iOS before 9 and iTunes before 12.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service…

Description

CoreText in Apple iOS before 9 and iTunes before 12.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font file.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.3% · top 8.8% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (10)

• https://support.apple.com/HT205221 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1033609 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/HT205212 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 76763 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/HT205267 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2015-09-21-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2015-09-16-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• https://support.apple.com/HT205213 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2015-09-16-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 07:06 UTC.