CVE-2010-1378
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 15, 2010 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:18 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendormacOSMac OS X Server
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
OpenSSL in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.x before 10.6.5 does not properly perform arithmetic, which allows remote attackers to bypass X.509 certificate authentication via an arbitrary certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
10.6.0 ≤ v < 10.6.5
Affected range stops below 10.6.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-295
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