CVE-2013-3951
Status: ModifiedMedium (4.6)—
sys/openbsd/stack_protector.c in libc in Apple iOS 6.1.3 and Mac OS X 10.8.x does not properly parse the Apple strings employed in the user-space stack-cookie implementation, which allows local users to bypass cookie randomization by executing a program with a call-path beginning with the stack-guard= substring, as demonstrated by an iOS untethering attack or an attack against a setuid Mac OS X program.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Base score: 4.6
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.46%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 38
- Score date: 10/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (3)
CWEs
- CWE-20
References
- http://antid0te.com/syscan_2013/SyScan2013_Mountain_Lion_iOS_Vulnerabilities_Garage_Sale_Whitepaper.pdf
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703
- http://www.syscan.org/index.php/sg/program/day/2
- https://support.apple.com/HT205212
- https://support.apple.com/HT205213
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267
- http://antid0te.com/syscan_2013/SyScan2013_Mountain_Lion_iOS_Vulnerabilities_Garage_Sale_Whitepaper.pdf
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703
- http://www.syscan.org/index.php/sg/program/day/2
- https://support.apple.com/HT205212
- https://support.apple.com/HT205213
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267
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