CVE-2010-1831: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in Apple Type Services (ATS) in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 and 10.6.x before 10.6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long name of an embedded font in a document.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.5.8 only; version 10.6.0 only; version 10.6.1 only; version 10.6.2 only; version 10.6.3 only; version 10.6.4 only
• Apple Mac OS X Server: version 10.5.8 only; version 10.6.0 only; version 10.6.1 only; version 10.6.2 only; version 10.6.3 only; version 10.6.4 only

Published 2010-11-15. Last modified 2026-06-16.