CVEvulnerability
CVE-2013-3955
6.2 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2013-06-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.2 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The get_xattrinfo function in the XNU kernel in Apple iOS 5.x and 6.x through 6.1.3 on iPad devices does not properly validate the header of an AppleDouble file, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact via an invalid file on an msdosfs filesystem.
Affected configurations
• apple iphone os 5.0
• apple iphone os 5.0.1
• apple iphone os 5.1
• apple iphone os 5.1.1
• apple iphone os 6.0
• apple iphone os 6.0.1
• apple iphone os 6.0.2
• apple iphone os 6.1
• apple iphone os 6.1.2
• apple iphone os 6.1.3
• apple ipad
• apple ipad mini
• apple ipad2
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://antid0te.com/syscan_2013/SyScan2013_Mountain_Lion_iOS_Vulnerabilities_Garage_Sale_Whitepaper.pdf Exploit
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html lists.apple.com
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934 support.apple.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029054 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.syscan.org/index.php/sg/program/day/2 www.syscan.org
- http://antid0te.com/syscan_2013/SyScan2013_Mountain_Lion_iOS_Vulnerabilities_Garage_Sale_Whitepaper.pdf Exploit
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html lists.apple.com
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934 support.apple.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029054 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.syscan.org/index.php/sg/program/day/2 www.syscan.org