CVE-2012-3729

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-09-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) interpreter implementation in the kernel in Apple iOS before 6 accesses uninitialized memory locations, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information about the layout of kernel memory via a crafted program that uses a BPF interface.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: through 5.1.1; 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2 (+33)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
http://osvdb.org/85627
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78724
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
http://osvdb.org/85627
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78724

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