CVE-2012-3716 is a critical vulnerability affecting Apple Mac OS X 10.7.x before 10.7.5, including Mac OS X Server. This flaw in CoreText allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through an out-of-bounds write or read by processing a specially crafted text glyph. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it presents a high severity risk due to its low attack complexity and potential for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high FAUCET Risk Score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.