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CVE-2012-0650

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0650 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the DirectoryService Proxy component of Apple Mac OS X through version 10.6.8. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or trigger a denial of service through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.6.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0303 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
support.apple.com / kb/HT5501
Vendor Advisory