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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2013-0984

Directory Service in Apple Mac OS X through 10.6.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted message.

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 9.3EPSS 14.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.4%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Directory Service in Apple Mac OS X through 10.6.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted message.

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
14.41% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 5 June 2013
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
apple/mac os x · apple/mac os x server
Source
product-security@apple.com
EPSS trend
0%8%15%4 November 2026: 14.41%4 November 20264 November 2026

EPSS 14.4% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-25974source ↗Apple Mac OSX Server - DirectoryService Buffer Overflowosx · Core Securitydos5 June 2013yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.