Apple Mac OS X Embedded Font (CVE-2011-0198) Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
18 Jul. 2012
Summary
Apple Mac OS X is prone to a heap buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data.
Credit:
The original article can be found at: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48436
The information has been provided by Harry Sintonen, Marc Schoenefeld of the Red Hat Security Response Team .
Vulnerable Systems:
* Cybozu Garoon 2.1.3 and prior
An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.
Vendor Status:
Vendor as issued an updated vulnerability.
Patch Availability: http://www.apple.com/osx
