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CVE-2013-0981

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-03-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The IOUSBDeviceFamily driver in the USB implementation in the kernel in Apple iOS before 6.1.3 and Apple TV before 5.2.1 accesses pipe object pointers that originated in userspace, which allows local users to gain privileges via crafted code.

Affected products

• Apple Iphone Os: through 6.1.2; 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2 (+39)
• Apple tvOS: through 5.2.0; 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1.0 (+22)

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00004.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00005.html
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5702
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5704
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00004.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Mar/msg00005.html
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5702
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5704

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