76324 : Apple iOS CoreGraphics Multiple freetype Font Handling Memory Corruption
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2011-10-12

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2011-3256" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : FreeType 2 before 2.4.7, as used in CoreGraphics in Apple iOS before 5, Mandriva Enterprise Server 5, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0226.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Apple has released the iOS 5 Software Update to address this vulnerability. The vendor states this update may be downloaded and installed using iTunes.

Products

Oracle Corporation	Solaris	10
		11.1
		8
		9

References

RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2011:1402-1
CVE ID: 2011-3256 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 46377 46544 46575 46596 46862 47028 47138 47171 47676 47843 48951 52615 52618
Bugtraq ID: 50155
ISS X-Force ID: 70552
Related OSVDB ID: 76319 76320 76321 76322 76323 76325 76326 76327 76328 76329 76330 76331 76332 76333 76334 76335 76336 76337 76338 76339 76340 76341 76342 76343 76344 76345 76346 76347 76348 76349 76350 76351 76352 76353 76354
Mail List Post: http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/069100.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00012.html
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2011/Oct/73
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/070251.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00007.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00008.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00020.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201201-09.xml
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.4.7/README/view
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1267-1
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2328
https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2011_3256_denial_of
Other Advisory URL: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:157

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-10-14 | Disagree?

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