CVE-2013-5170

medium
Published 2013-10-24 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Buffer underflow in CoreGraphics in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PDF document.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
macos macosaffected
macos macos10.8.0affected
macos macos10.8.1affected
macos macos10.8.2affected
macos macos10.8.3affected
macos macos10.8.4affected
macos macos10.8.5affected

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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