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OS X update for CoreText (CVE-2021-1792)

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OS X update for CoreText (CVE-2021-1792)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/19/2021
Created
02/20/2021
Added
02/19/2021
Modified
04/12/2021

Description

An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Big Sur 11.2, Security Update 2021-001 Catalina, Security Update 2021-001 Mojave, watchOS 7.3, tvOS 14.4, iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4. A remote attacker may be able to cause arbitrary code execution.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2021-001-catalina
  • apple-osx-security-update-2021-001-mojave
  • apple-osx-upgrade-11_2

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