CVE-2012-0655

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-05-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

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.

Affected products

macOS: through 10.7.3; 10.0, 10.0.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.0.4 (+63)
Apple Mac Os X Server: through 10.7.3; 10.0, 10.0.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.0.4 (+63)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53445
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53462
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53445
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53462

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