CVE-2013-3954

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Jun 5, 2013
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Reserved: Jun 5, 2013

Description

The posix_spawn system call in the XNU kernel in Apple Mac OS X 10.8.x does not properly validate the data for file actions and port actions, which allows local users to (1) cause a denial of service (panic) via a size value that is inconsistent with a header count field, or (2) obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory via a certain size value in conjunction with a crafted buffer.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

http://www.syscan.org/index.php/sg/program/day/2
1029054vdb-entry
http://antid0te.com/syscan_2013/SyScan2013_Mountain_Lion_iOS_Vulnerabilities_Garage_Sale_Whitepaper.pdf
APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3vendor-advisory
54886third-party-advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934
APPLE-SA-2013-09-18-2vendor-advisory

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