CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-1842
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-11-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Buffer overflow in AppKit in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.x before 10.6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a bidirectional text string with ellipsis truncation.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x 10.6.0
• apple mac os x 10.6.1
• apple mac os x 10.6.2
• apple mac os x 10.6.3
• apple mac os x 10.6.4
• apple mac os x server 10.6.0
• apple mac os x server 10.6.1
• apple mac os x server 10.6.2
• apple mac os x server 10.6.3
• apple mac os x server 10.6.4
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44803 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024723 www.securitytracker.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44803 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024723 www.securitytracker.com