Detections
Analytics
CVE-2013-3955
high
Description
The get_xattrinfo function in the XNU kernel in Apple iOS 5.x and 6.x through 6.1.3 on iPad devices does not properly validate the header of an AppleDouble file, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact via an invalid file on an msdosfs filesystem.
References
http://www.syscan.org/index.php/sg/program/day/2
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029054
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5934
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00006.html