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Apple Mac OS X ColorSync ICC Profile Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Apple Mac OS X is prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability that occurs in ColorSync. This issue occurs because the software fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code within the context of the affected software. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial-of-service condition.

NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 31681 (Apple Mac OS X 2008-007 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities) but has been given its own record to better document this vulnerability.