Input validation error in macOS - CVE-2013-5176
Published: October 24, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42450
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5176
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apple Inc.
Affected software:
macOS
macOS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The kernel in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 does not properly handle integer values during unspecified tty device operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by triggering a truncation error.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-5176
Install update from vendor's website.