CVE-2013-3954
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2013-3954 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2013-06-05 14:39:57 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
CompleteIntegrity
CompleteAvailability
CompleteAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 1.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 1.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 1.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 1.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 1.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 1.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 1.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 1.1.4 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 1.1.5 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 2.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 2.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 2.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 2.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 2.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 2.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 2.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 2.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 3.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 3.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 3.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 3.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 3.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 3.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 3.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 3.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 4.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 4.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 4.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 4.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 4.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 4.2.5 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 4.2.8 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 4.3.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 4.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 4.3.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 4.3.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 4.3.5 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 5.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 5.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 5.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 5.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 6.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 6.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 6.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 6.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 6.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | 6.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Iphone Os | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Mac Os X | 10.8.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Mac Os X | 10.8.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Mac Os X | 10.8.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Mac Os X | 10.8.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Apple | Mac Os X | 10.8.4 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security Advisory SA54886 - Apple iOS Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| 404 - Not Found | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | antid0te.com | Exploit |
| Apple iOS Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Deny Service, Obtain Information, and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks and Let Applications Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| About the security content of iOS 7 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.apple.com | |
| APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3 OS X Mavericks v10.9 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | |
| SyScan'14 Singapore - Day 2 (4th April 2014) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.syscan.org | |
| APPLE-SA-2013-09-18-2 iOS 7 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.