CVE-2013-5145

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.3 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: 2013-09-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

kextd in Kext Management in Apple iOS before 7 does not properly verify authorization for IPC messages, which allows local users to (1) load or (2) unload kernel extensions via a crafted message.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: through 6.1.4; 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2 (+41)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/54886
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029054
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/54886
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029054

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