{"vuid":"VU#498105","idnumber":"498105","name":"Apple Mac OS X CoreText uninitialized pointer vulnerability","keywords":["Apple","Mac OS X","com.apple.CoreText","Unicode","UTF-16","CountTrailingWhiteSpaceChars","apple_2007_008"],"overview":"Apple Mac OS X CoreText contains an uninitialized pointer vulnerability, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.","clean_desc":"Apple Mac OS X CoreText is a framework for handling text on Mac OS X Tiger (10.4) and later. Mac OS X CoreText fails to properly initialize pointers, which can cause memory corruption. Any application that uses the CoreText framework for handling text may be vulnerable.","impact":"By convincing a user to view specially crafted text, a remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service on a vulnerable system.","resolution":"Apply an update\nThis issue is addressed in Mac OS X 10.4.11 and Apple Security Update 2007-008.","workarounds":"","sysaffected":"","thanks":"This vulnerability was repoted by Will Dormann of the CERT/CC.","author":"This document was written by Will Dormann.","public":["http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041","http://secunia.com/advisories/27643/"],"cveids":["CVE-2007-4682"],"certadvisory":"","uscerttechnicalalert":null,"datecreated":"2006-10-24T21:14:51Z","publicdate":"2007-10-14T00:00:00Z","datefirstpublished":"2007-11-14T23:08:55Z","dateupdated":"2007-11-15T15:31:57Z","revision":8,"vrda_d1_directreport":"1","vrda_d1_population":"2","vrda_d1_impact":"3","cam_widelyknown":"15","cam_exploitation":"0","cam_internetinfrastructure":"8","cam_population":"15","cam_impact":"12","cam_easeofexploitation":"5","cam_attackeraccessrequired":"20","cam_scorecurrent":"7.7625","cam_scorecurrentwidelyknown":"9.45","cam_scorecurrentwidelyknownexploited":"16.2","ipprotocol":"","cvss_accessvector":"","cvss_accesscomplexity":"","cvss_authentication":null,"cvss_confidentialityimpact":"","cvss_integrityimpact":"","cvss_availabilityimpact":"","cvss_exploitablity":null,"cvss_remediationlevel":"","cvss_reportconfidence":"","cvss_collateraldamagepotential":"","cvss_targetdistribution":"","cvss_securityrequirementscr":"","cvss_securityrequirementsir":"","cvss_securityrequirementsar":"","cvss_basescore":"","cvss_basevector":"","cvss_temporalscore":"","cvss_environmentalscore":"","cvss_environmentalvector":"","metric":7.7625,"vulnote":null}