CVE ID | CVE-2014-4484 |
CVSS SCORE | 6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
AFFECTED VENDORS |
Apple |
AFFECTED PRODUCTS |
OS X |
VULNERABILITY DETAILS |
The specific flaw exists within the parsing of a dfont file. When processing a malformed dfont file, a specified value is parsed from the file and passed to the memmove API call which can cause memory corruption. A remote attacker can use this to execute remote code under the context of the user. |
ADDITIONAL DETAILS |
Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204244 |
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE |
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CREDIT | Gaurav Baruah |