Security Advisory

CVE-2012-3723

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2012-09-20 21:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-06 20:13:51
Assigner apple
State 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.