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CVE-2012-3723

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
20/09/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.7.4 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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