CVE-2012-5366

HIGH

macOS < 10.9 - Denial of Service via ICMPv6 Router Advertisement Flood

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The IPv6 implementation in Apple Mac OS X (unknown versions, year 2012 and earlier) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a flood of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets containing multiple Routing entries.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/10/12
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56170/info

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0211
EPSS Percentile 79.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (1)
apple/mac_os_x < 10.9
Published Feb 20, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026