CVE-2013-5135: Apple Remote Desktop

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 10.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Apple Apple Remote Desktop: up to and including 3.5.3; version 3.0.0 only; version 3.1 only; version 3.2 only; version 3.2.1 only; version 3.2.2 only; …
• Apple Mac OS X: up to and including 10.8.5; version 10.8.0 only; version 10.8.1 only; version 10.8.2 only; version 10.8.3 only; version 10.8.4 only; …

Published 2013-10-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.