Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X

CVE-2013-5173

The random-number generator in the kernel in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 provides lengthy exclusive access for processing of large requests, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (temporary generator outage) via an application that requires many random numbers.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

EPSS: 0.003 (23.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Apple Mac_os_x — versions 10.8.0, 10.8.1, 10.8.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References