CVE-2013-5145: Apple iPhone OS

Medium severity, CVSS 6.3. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

kextd in Kext Management in Apple iOS before 7 does not properly verify authorization for IPC messages, which allows local users to (1) load or (2) unload kernel extensions via a crafted message.

Affected products

• Apple iPhone OS: up to and including 6.1.4; version 1.0.0 only; version 1.0.1 only; version 1.0.2 only; version 1.1.0 only; version 1.1.1 only; …

Published 2013-09-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.