First published: Tue Mar 30 2010(Updated: )
CoreAudio in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via crafted audio content with QDM2 encoding, which triggers a buffer overflow due to inconsistent length fields, related to QDCA.
Credit: product-security@apple.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Apple macOS Server | =10.6.1 | |
Apple macOS Server | =10.6.2 | |
Apple iOS and macOS | =10.6.1 | |
Apple macOS Server | =10.6.0 | |
Apple iOS and macOS | =10.6.0 | |
Apple iOS and macOS | =10.6.2 |
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CVE-2010-0059 has a high severity rating due to its potential to allow remote code execution and denial of service.
To fix CVE-2010-0059, you should update your Apple Mac OS X to version 10.6.3 or later.
CVE-2010-0059 affects Mac OS X versions 10.6.0, 10.6.1, and 10.6.2.
CVE-2010-0059 enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through crafted audio content.
There are no official workarounds for CVE-2010-0059; the only solution is to apply the necessary updates.