CVE-2012-3723 Information

Description

Apple Mac OS X before 10.7.5 does not properly handle the bNbrPorts field of a USB hub descriptor which allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by attaching a USB device.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78750