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OS X update for CoreText (CVE-2018-4124)

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OS X update for CoreText (CVE-2018-4124)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C)
Published
02/20/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/20/2018
Modified
03/18/2020

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.2.6 is affected. macOS before 10.13.3 Supplemental Update is affected. tvOS before 11.2.6 is affected. watchOS before 4.2.3 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreText" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string containing a certain Telugu character.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_13_3

References

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