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CVE-2013-5166

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-5166 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Apple Mac OS X before version 10.9, where a crafted application can cause a system crash by prematurely deleting Bluetooth USB host controller interfaces. This local vulnerability has a low attack complexity and results in a complete loss of availability, as indicated by its CVSS score of 4.9. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:supplemental_update:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
24.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 34th percentile among its peer group of 3,048 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

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