Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to numeric error. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2014-1261. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer signedness error in CoreText in Apple OS X before 10.9.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted Unicode font.

The weakness was released 02/26/2014 by Meder Kydyraliev with Google Security Team as HT6150 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-1261 since 01/08/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72687 (Mac OS X 10.9.x < 10.9.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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 121815 (Apple Mac OS X v10.9.2 and Security Update 2014-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2014-02-25-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (72687), SecurityFocus (BID 65777†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-43695†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-10324, VDB-10922, VDB-10909 and VDB-10897. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 72687
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.9.x < 10.9.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.9

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02/25/2014 +48 days 🔍
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03/19/2014 +21 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +370 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT6150
Researcher: Meder Kydyraliev
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-1261 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1261
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-66461

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SecurityFocus: 65777 - Apple Mac OS X APPLE-SA-2014-02-25-1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 43695 - Apple OS X 10.9, 10.9.1 Remote Code Execution and DoS in CoreText, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 04/12/2025 16:42
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (67), 05/23/2017 09:11 (6), 02/03/2022 07:22 (3), 04/12/2025 16:42 (16)
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