CVE-2013-6712 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2013-6712?

CVE-2013-6712 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 28 Nov 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The scan function in ext/date/lib/parse_iso_intervals.c in PHP through 5.5.6 does not properly restrict creation of DateInterval objects, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted interval specification.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6712?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Opensuse Opensuse, Php Php.

How do I fix CVE-2013-6712?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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

Is CVE-2013-6712 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6712 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X

• CVE-2014-7169 GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-6271 GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2012-1823 PHP-CGI Query String Parameter Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-30713 Apple macOS Unspecified Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2019-8526 Apple macOS Use-After-Free Exploited High 7.8

All Apple Mac Os X vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-mfq9-hf75-jqcg.