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…
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 · 78th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- aki-null/yorufukurou
- Source
- vultures@jpcert.or.jp
EPSS 1.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN94816361/995844/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN94816361/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000151Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92609
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN94816361/995844/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN94816361/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000151Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92609
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.