CVE-2012-3723

medium

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78750

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-09-20

Updated: 2017-08-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Medium