CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2013-5135

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Published: Oct 24, 2013 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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

The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Apple_remote_desktop Apple * 3.5.3 (including)
Apple_remote_desktop Apple 3.0.0 (including) 3.0.0 (including)
Apple_remote_desktop Apple 3.1 (including) 3.1 (including)
Apple_remote_desktop Apple 3.2 (including) 3.2 (including)
Apple_remote_desktop Apple 3.2.1 (including) 3.2.1 (including)
Apple_remote_desktop Apple 3.2.2 (including) 3.2.2 (including)
Apple_remote_desktop Apple 3.3 (including) 3.3 (including)
Apple_remote_desktop Apple 3.3.1 (including) 3.3.1 (including)
Apple_remote_desktop Apple 3.3.2 (including) 3.3.2 (including)
Apple_remote_desktop Apple 3.4 (including) 3.4 (including)
Apple_remote_desktop Apple 3.5 (including) 3.5 (including)
Apple_remote_desktop Apple 3.5.1 (including) 3.5.1 (including)
Apple_remote_desktop Apple 3.5.2 (including) 3.5.2 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References