01 Record
CVE-2009-0012
Heap-based buffer overflow in CoreText in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Unicode string.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in CoreText in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Unicode string.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-02-13 00:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 04:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 564387a94d3fc0aeaa48fb1c54c37d130296c83034fc608f16fd6bfc31aea013
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com33937http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
- www.securityfocus.com33759http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33759
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2009-02-12http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
- osvdb.org51977http://osvdb.org/51977
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-0422http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0422
- www.securityfocus.com33809http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33809