CVE-2011-3439
critical
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.3
Description
FreeType in CoreGraphics in Apple iOS before 5.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font in a document.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
macOS Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | 5.0.1 |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.4.8-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.4.8-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.4.8-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.4.8-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.4.8-1 |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011/Nov/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00012.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46921
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48951
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5052
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3439
CWEs
CWE-787
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.