Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 Type 1 Fonts memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Type 1 Fonts. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2011-0229. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing of the component Type 1 Fonts. 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:

Apple Type Services (ATS) in Apple Mac OS X through 10.6.8 does not properly handle embedded Type 1 fonts, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document that triggers an out-of-bounds memory access.

The weakness was disclosed 10/14/2011 (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-0229 since 12/23/2010. 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. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/23/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56481 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2011-006)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119638 (Apple Mac OS X Lion v10.7.2 and Security Update 2011-006 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2011-10-12-3)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (70572), Tenable (56481), SecurityFocus (BID 50091†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-33806†). The entries VDB-4441, VDB-55623, VDB-55622 and VDB-56924 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 56481
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2011-006)
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OpenVAS ID: 802336
OpenVAS Name: Mac OS X v10.6.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities (2011-006)
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12/23/2010 🔍
10/14/2011 +295 days 🔍
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11/10/2011 +27 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1229 days 🔍
11/23/2021 +2437 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: lists.apple.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0229 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0229
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-59037
X-Force: 70572
SecurityFocus: 50091
Vulnerability Center: 33806 - Apple Mac OS X 10 through 10.6.8 Apple Type Services Embedded Type 1 Fonts Remote Code Execution, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/23/2021 19:40
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (58), 04/05/2017 08:58 (9), 11/23/2021 19:40 (3)
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