Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X

CVE-2013-5180

The srandomdev function in Libc in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9, when the kernel random-number generator is unavailable, produces predictable values instead of the intended random values, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging knowledge of these values, related to a compiler-optimization issue.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

EPSS: 0.011 (61.9th 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