PT-2012-4963

CVE-2012-3723

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Published

2012-09-20

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Updated

2017-08-29

Description by

CVSS 2.0
4.6
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mac OS X versions prior to 10.7.5
Description The issue arises from improper handling of the bNbrPorts field of a USB hub descriptor. This allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, resulting in memory corruption and system crash, by attaching a USB device.
Recommendations For versions prior to 10.7.5, update to version 10.7.5 or later to resolve the issue.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Related identifiers
CVE-2012-3723
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