CVE-2017-13850
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.6 is affected. The issue...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.6 is affected. The issue involves the "Font Importer" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted font.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.6 is affected. The issue involves the "Font Importer" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted font.
- Record
CVE-2017-13850- CVSS 3.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.6 is affected. The issue involves the "Font Importer" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted font.
- Record
CVE-2017-13850- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-5365 No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.6 is affected. The issue involves the "Font Importer" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted font.
- Record
EUVD-2017-5365- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fqv7-cv6c-p862
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.6 is affected. The issue...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.6 is affected. The issue involves the "Font Importer" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted font.
- Record
GHSA-fqv7-cv6c-p862- CVSS 3.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-13850 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Apple Mac Os X, published April 3, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.83%, the 57th percentile. No source names a fixed version.