CVE-2010-4013: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Format string vulnerability in PackageKit in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.x before 10.6.6 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors related to interaction between Software Update and distribution scripts.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.6.0 only; version 10.6.1 only; version 10.6.2 only; version 10.6.3 only; version 10.6.4 only; version 10.6.5 only
• Apple Mac OS X Server: version 10.6.0 only; version 10.6.1 only; version 10.6.2 only; version 10.6.3 only; version 10.6.4 only; version 10.6.5 only

Published 2011-01-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.