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CVE-2012-3723

Published: Sep 20, 2012

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-2

vendor-advisory

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apple-osx-usb-cve20123723(78750)

vdb-entry

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501

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