Advisory Details

February 4th, 2021

Apple macOS CoreText TTF Parsing Out-of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2021-1792
CVSS SCORE	3.3, AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS	Apple
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	macOS
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Apple macOS. Interaction with the CoreText library is required to exploit this vulnerability but attack vectors may vary depending on the implementation. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of TTF fonts. Crafted data in a TTF font can trigger a read past the end of an allocated data structure. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212147
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2020-12-18 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2021-02-04 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Mickey Jin & Junzhi Lu of Trend Micro Mobile Security Research Team

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