Advisory Details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Apple Mac OSX. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The flaw exists within the libsecurity_cdsa_plugin which implements routines defined in libsecurity_cssm. The library defines an allocation routine as having an argument type uint32. The implemented methods in the cdsa_plugin accept parameter having type size_t, this value is truncated from 64 bits to 32 bits when being passed to the library routine. This can lead to an underallocated memory region and ultimately a write out of bounds. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the process.

• 2011-11-29 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
• 2012-08-17 - Coordinated public release of advisory