CVE-2013-5135
Format string vulnerability in Screen Sharing Server in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 and Apple Remote Desktop before 3.5.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a VNC username.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.8%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Format string vulnerability in Screen Sharing Server in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 and Apple Remote Desktop before 3.5.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a VNC username.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 10.83% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-134
- Affected
- apple/apple remote desktop · apple/mac os x
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 10.8% 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.
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00007.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00008.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00007.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00008.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.