CVE-2012-3728

high

Description

The kernel in Apple iOS before 6 dereferences invalid pointers during the handling of packet-filter data structures, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted program that makes packet-filter ioctl calls.

References

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503

http://osvdb.org/85629

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-09-20

Updated: 2013-03-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High