Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2012-0655
libsecurity in Apple Mac OS X before 10.7.4 does not properly restrict the length of RSA keys within X.509 certificates, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by conducting a spoofing or network-sniffing attack during communication with a site that uses a short key.
Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.012 (66.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.0, 10.0.0, 10.0.1
- Apple Mac OS X Server — versions 10.0, 10.0.0, 10.0.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/53462 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/53445 (vdb-entry)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT5281 (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)