CVE-2012-3716: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 6.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CoreText in Apple Mac OS X 10.7.x before 10.7.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write or read) via a crafted text glyph.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.7.0 only; version 10.7.1 only; version 10.7.2 only; version 10.7.3 only; version 10.7.4 only
• Apple Mac OS X Server: version 10.7.0 only; version 10.7.1 only; version 10.7.2 only; version 10.7.3 only; version 10.7.4 only

Published 2012-09-20. Last modified 2026-06-16.