CVE-2016-7595 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. watchOS before 3.1.3 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreText" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted font.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00885.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple	Iphone Os Mac Os X Watchos

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94905
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037469
https://support.apple.com/HT207422
https://support.apple.com/HT207423
https://support.apple.com/HT207487

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2017-02-20T08:35:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:04:55.684Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-7595

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-02-20T08:59:01.963

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-7595

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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