CVE-2010-1837 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in Apple's CoreText component, affecting Mac OS X versions 10.5.8 and 10.6.x prior to 10.6.5. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through specially crafted fonts embedded in PDF documents. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it has a medium severity, indicating that exploitation requires moderate attack complexity but can lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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