Apple macOS/OS X Character Processing Flaw in CoreText Lets Remote Users Cause the Target Service to Crash
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1040396 |
SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1040396
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2018-4124
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Feb 20 2018
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes Exploit Included: Yes
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Version(s): 10.13.3
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Apple macOS/OS X. A remote user can cause the target service to crash.
A remote user can send a specially crafted Telugu character in a message to trigger a memory corruption error in the CoreText component and cause the target application to crash.
An anonymous researcher reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause the target service or application to crash.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (10.13.3 Supplemental Update).
The vendor advisory is available at:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208535
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Vendor URL: support.apple.com/en-us/HT208535 (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error, Input validation error
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