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Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2009-0012. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The bug was discovered 02/12/2009. The weakness was shared 02/12/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-0012 since 12/15/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35684 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2009-001)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116215 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2009-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2009-02-12)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (48716), Tenable (35684), SecurityFocus (BID 33809†), OSVDB (51977†) and Secunia (SA33937†). The entries VDB-3868, VDB-3872, VDB-38543 and VDB-42789 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.apple.com/
CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 35684
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2009-001)
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OpenVAS ID: 102026
OpenVAS Name: get_kb_item(ssh/login/osx_name
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Timeline
12/15/2008 🔍02/12/2009 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: lists.apple.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-0012 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0012
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-46509
X-Force: 48716
SecurityFocus: 33809 - Apple Mac OS X CoreText Unicode String Handling Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 33937
OSVDB: 51977 - Apple Mac OS X CoreText Crafted Unicode String Handling Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 20949 - Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 CoreText Remote DoS and Code Execution via Crafted Unicode String, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2009-0422
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/27/2019 16:47
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (74), 08/27/2019 16:47 (6)
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