CVE-2010-1837: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CoreText in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 and 10.6.x before 10.6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font in a PDF 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.