CVE-2014-1261

high

Published 2014-02-27 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

Integer signedness error in CoreText in Apple OS X before 10.9.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted Unicode font.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
macos		affected
macos	10.9	affected

References

CWEs

CWE-189

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.