Description
CoreText in Apple Mac OS X 10.7.x before 10.7.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write or read) via a crafted text glyph.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
GitHub 1 repository
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d4rkcat/killosx ★ 22 · Sep 9, 2013
use the Apple CoreText exploit (CVE-2012-3716) and launch an AP to affect all devices within wifi range
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-2 vendor-advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
- apple-osx-coretext-cve20123716(78748) vdb-entry