{"id":"CVE-2012-3716","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-3716","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:57:35.665Z","title":"CoreText in Apple Mac OS X 10.7.x before 10.7.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write or read) via a crafted text glyph.","description":"CoreText in Apple Mac OS X 10.7.x before 10.7.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write or read) via a crafted text glyph.","published":"2012-09-20T21:55:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:43:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"product-security@apple.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["apple/mac os x","apple/mac os x server"],"epss":{"score":0.06298,"percentile":0.93552,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78748","source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78748","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3716","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}