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Resource Management Errors

CVE-2013-0971

Medium
6.8/10

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in PDFKit in Apple Mac OS X before 10.8.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted ink annotations in a PDF document.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL

CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Resource management errors is not a weakness in and of itself, rather it is a category of weaknesses related to improper management of system resources. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category can lead to unexpected software behavior, loss of access, file modification, sensitive information disclosure, system crash, denial of service, and code execution.

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  • Published