CVEvulnerability

CVE-2013-5172

7.1 HIGH Published 2013-10-24 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2013-10-24
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 7.1 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses: CWE-189

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.

Affected configurations

• apple mac os x (<= 10.8.5) • apple mac os x 10.8.0 • apple mac os x 10.8.1 • apple mac os x 10.8.2 • apple mac os x 10.8.3 • apple mac os x 10.8.4 • apple mac os x 10.8.5

Weakness · not in database (1)

CWE-189

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html Vendor Advisory

CVE-2013-5172

Description

Affected configurations

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References