CVE-2012-3723
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.6
Description
Apple Mac OS X before 10.7.5 does not properly handle the bNbrPorts field of a USB hub descriptor, which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by attaching a USB device.
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.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| macos | 10.1 | affected | |
| macos | 10.1.0 | affected | |
| macos | 10.1.1 | affected | |
| macos | 10.1.2 | affected | |
| macos | 10.1.3 | affected | |
| macos | 10.1.4 | affected | |
| macos | 10.1.5 | affected | |
| macos | 10.2 | affected | |
| macos | 10.2.0 | affected | |
| macos | 10.2.1 | affected | |
| macos | 10.2.2 | affected | |
| macos | 10.2.3 | affected | |
| macos | 10.2.4 | affected | |
| macos | 10.2.5 | affected | |
| macos | 10.2.6 | affected | |
| macos | 10.2.7 | affected | |
| macos | 10.2.8 | affected | |
| macos | 10.3 | affected | |
| macos | 10.3.0 | affected | |
| macos | 10.3.1 | affected | |
| macos | 10.3.2 | affected | |
| macos | 10.3.3 | affected | |
| macos | 10.3.4 | affected | |
| macos | affected | | |
| macos | 10.0 | affected | |
| macos | 10.0.0 | affected | |
| macos | 10.0.1 | affected | |
| macos | 10.0.2 | affected | |
| macos | 10.0.3 | affected | |
| macos | 10.0.4 | affected | |
| macos | 10.3.5 | affected | |
| macos | 10.3.6 | affected | |
| macos | 10.3.7 | affected | |
| macos | 10.3.8 | affected | |
| macos | 10.3.9 | affected | |
| macos | 10.4 | affected | |
| macos | 10.4.0 | affected | |
| macos | 10.4.1 | affected | |
| macos | 10.4.2 | affected | |
| macos | 10.4.3 | affected | |
| macos | 10.4.4 | affected | |
| macos | 10.4.5 | affected | |
| macos | 10.4.6 | affected | |
| macos | 10.4.7 | affected | |
| macos | 10.4.8 | affected | |
| macos | 10.4.9 | affected | |
| macos | 10.4.10 | affected | |
| macos | 10.4.11 | affected | |
| macos | 10.5 | affected | |
| macos | 10.5.0 | affected | |
| macos | 10.5.1 | affected | |
| macos | 10.5.2 | affected | |
| macos | 10.5.3 | affected | |
| macos | 10.5.4 | affected | |
| macos | 10.5.5 | affected | |
| macos | 10.5.6 | affected | |
| macos | 10.5.7 | affected | |
| macos | 10.5.8 | affected | |
| macos | 10.6.0 | affected | |
| macos | 10.6.1 | affected | |
| macos | 10.6.2 | affected | |
| macos | 10.6.3 | affected | |
| macos | 10.6.4 | affected | |
| macos | 10.6.5 | affected | |
| macos | 10.6.6 | affected | |
| macos | 10.6.7 | affected | |
| macos | 10.6.8 | affected | |
| macos | 10.7.0 | affected | |
| macos | 10.7.1 | affected | |
| macos | 10.7.2 | affected | |
| macos | 10.7.3 | affected | |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78750
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78750
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.