Severity
Low
Analysis Summary
CVE-2021-30789
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Apple macOS. Interaction with the CoreText library is required to exploit this vulnerability but attack vectors may vary depending on the implementation. A specific flaw exists within the parsing of TTF fonts. Crafted data in a TTF font can trigger a read past the end of an allocated data structure. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.
Impact
- Information Disclosure
- Code Execution
Affected Vendors
Apple
Affected Products
- macOS
Remediation
Apple has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: