CVE-2013-5135 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2013-5135?

CVE-2013-5135 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 24 Oct 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Format string vulnerability in Screen Sharing Server in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 and Apple Remote Desktop before 3.5.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a VNC username.

Weakness: CWE-134

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5135?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Apple Remote Desktop, Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2013-5135?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5135 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2013-5135 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5135 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X

• CVE-2004-0962 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2006-4887 Privilege escalation in n/a High 7.2
• CVE-2013-5136 Information disclosure in n/a Medium 4.3
• CVE-2012-0681 Weak cryptography in n/a Medium 4.3
• CVE-2013-5229 Security feature bypass in n/a Low 3.7

All Apple Mac Os X vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-8fr8-vc5w-ccvx.