Vulnerabilities of iOS and Mac OS X operating systems, allowing attackers to trigger service interruptions or execute arbitrary code

The vulnerability of the Carbon component in iOS and Mac OS X operating systems arises due to buffer overflows. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code or cause a service failure application termination using a specially created DFONT file...

Apple iOS/tvOS/macOS/watchOS Denial of Service Vulnerability

iOS is a mobile operating system developed by Apple Inc. First announced at Macworld on January 9, 2007, the system was originally designed for use with the iPhone, and has since been applied to the iPod touch, iPad, and Apple TV. tvOS is an Apple-developed system based on iOS. tvOS is an operati...

The vulnerability of the Mac OS X operating system allows a hacker to trigger a service failure or execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the Carbon component in the Mac OS X operating system arises due to buffer overflow. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code remotely or cause a service failure memory corruption by using a specially created .dfont file...

CVE-2016-1737

CVE-2016-1737 affects Apple OS X El Capitan prior to 10.11.4, specifically the Carbon font subsystem. The underlying issue is memory corruption in Carbon when processing crafted .dfont font files, which could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. Apple’s ...