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OS X update for ATS (CVE-2016-4779)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 25, 2016
Added
Nov 11, 2016
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

Apple Type Services (ATS) in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font file.

Solution

apple-osx-upgrade-10_12
Title
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