CVE-2013-5172
N/A
Published: October 24, 2013 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:58 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendormacOS
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
The kernel in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 does not properly determine the output length for SHA-2 digest function calls, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) by triggering a digest operation, as demonstrated by an IPSec connection.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189
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