CVE-2013-5172 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2013-5172

The kernel in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 does...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

mac os x
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 10.8.0, 10.8.1, 10.8.2, 10.8.3, 10.8.4, 10.8.5

Timeline

Official Publish: October 24th, 2013
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.