CVE-2013-5184: Apple Mac OS X

Medium severity, CVSS 5.7. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The kernel in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 does not properly check for errors during the processing of multicast Wi-Fi packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging presence in an 802.11 network's coverage area.

Affected products

• 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.