CVE-2012-3723 in Mac OS X

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 06/19/2012
• Disclosure: 09/20/2012
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-62397 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.9
• EPSS: 0.00075
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3723
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3723
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2012-3723/