CVE-2013-5177 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Apple Mac OS X kernel, affecting versions prior to 10.9. A local attacker can trigger a system panic by providing an invalid iovec structure. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating low attack complexity and requiring local access, with the sole impact being system availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit tools or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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