Apple Mac OS X ATS Font Processing Invalid Index Vulnerability

Last Update Date: 28 Jan 2011 Release Date: 16 Apr 2010 4431 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

A vulnerability has been identified in Apple Mac OS X, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by an invalid index within the Apple Type Services (ATS) when processing embedded fonts via the "TType1ParsingContext::SpecialEncoding()" function in "libFontParser.dylib", which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted document (e.g. PDF).

Impact

Remote Code Execution

System / Technologies affected

Apple Mac OS X version 10.5.8 and prior
Apple Mac OS X version 10.6.3 and prior
Apple Mac OS X Server version 10.5.8 and prior
Apple Mac OS X Server version 10.6.3 and prior

Solutions

Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.
Apply Apple Security Update 2010-003 (Snow Leopard) :
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1029
Apply Apple Security Update 2010-003 (Leopard-Client) :
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1027
Apply Apple Security Update 2010-003 (Leopard-Server) :
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1028

Vulnerability Identifier

CVE-2010-1120

Source

Share with

Cisco Secure Desktop ActiveX Control File Download Vulnerability

16 Apr 2010 4499 Views

HP Operations Manager ActiveX Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

21 Apr 2010 4446 Views