CVE-2012-3749

medium

Published 2012-11-03 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.0

Description

The extensions APIs in the kernel in Apple iOS before 6.0.1 provide kernel addresses in responses that contain an OSBundleMachOHeaders key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted app.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

macOS Affected 41 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
5.1.1	Affected	—
5.0.1	Affected	—
5.0	Affected	—
4.3.5	Affected	—
4.3.3	Affected	—
4.3.2	Affected	—
4.3.1	Affected	—
4.3.0	Affected	—
4.2.8	Affected	—
4.2.5	Affected	—
4.2.1	Affected	—
4.1	Affected	—
4.0.2	Affected	—
4.0.1	Affected	—
4.0	Affected	—
3.2.2	Affected	—
3.2.1	Affected	—
3.2	Affected	—
3.1.3	Affected	—
3.1.2	Affected	—
3.1	Affected	—
3.0.1	Affected	—
3.0	Affected	—
2.2.1	Affected	—
2.2	Affected	—
2.1.1	Affected	—
2.1	Affected	—
2.0.2	Affected	—
2.0.1	Affected	—
2.0.0	Affected	—
2.0	Affected	—
1.1.5	Affected	—
1.1.4	Affected	—
1.1.3	Affected	—
1.1.2	Affected	—
1.1.1	Affected	—
1.1.0	Affected	—
1.0.2	Affected	—
1.0.1	Affected	—
1.0.0	Affected	—
—	Affected	—

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.