CVE-2011-0179: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CoreText in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a document that contains a crafted embedded font.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.6.6; 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: up to and including 10.6.6; 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 2011-03-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.