CVE-2010-1379

Apple Mac OS X 10.6 - Denial of Service via Unicode in Printing-Service Name

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Printer Setup in Apple Mac OS X 10.6 before 10.6.4 does not properly interpret character encoding, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (printing failure) by deploying a printing device that has a Unicode character in its printing-service name.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1481
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40871
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024103
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/40220

Scores

EPSS 0.0242
EPSS Percentile 82.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (8)
apple/mac_os_x 10.6.0
apple/mac_os_x 10.6.1
apple/mac_os_x 10.6.2
apple/mac_os_x 10.6.3
apple/mac_os_x_server 10.6.0
apple/mac_os_x_server 10.6.1
apple/mac_os_x_server 10.6.2
apple/mac_os_x_server 10.6.3
Published Jun 17, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026