CVE-2013-0964

Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-01-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The kernel in Apple iOS before 6.1 and Apple TV before 5.2 does not properly validate copyin and copyout arguments, which allows local users to bypass intended pointer restrictions and access locations in the first kernel-memory page by specifying a length of less than one page.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: through 6.0.2; 6.0, 6.0.1
Apple tvOS: through 5.1.1; 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1.0 (+21)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jan/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jan/msg00001.html
http://osvdb.org/89659
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5642
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5643
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57595
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jan/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jan/msg00001.html
http://osvdb.org/89659
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5642
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5643
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57595

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