SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-4852

YoruFukurou (NightOwl) before 2.85 relies on support for emoji skin-tone modifiers even though this support is missing from the CoreText CTFramesetter API on OS X 10.9, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a…

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.74%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.74%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

YoruFukurou (NightOwl) before 2.85 relies on support for emoji skin-tone modifiers even though this support is missing from the CoreText CTFramesetter API on OS X 10.9, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted emoji character sequence.

CVSS 3.0
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.74% probability · 76th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
aki-null/yorufukurou
Source
vultures@jpcert.or.jp

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.