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macOS 13.x < 13.7.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (122718)

high Nessus Plugin ID 235720

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a macOS update that fixes multiple vulnerabilities

Description

The remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 13.x prior to 13.7.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

 - A stack overflow vulnerability exists in the libexpat library due to the way it handles recursive entity expansion in XML documents. When parsing an XML document with deeply nested entity references, libexpat can be forced to recurse indefinitely, exhausting the stack space and causing a crash. This issue could lead to denial of service (DoS) or, in some cases, exploitable memory corruption, depending on the environment and library usage. (CVE-2024-8176)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the operating system's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to macOS 13.7.6 or later.

See Also

https://support.apple.com/en-us/122718

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 235720

File Name: macos_122718.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 5/12/2025

Updated: 5/12/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-8176

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:apple:macos:13.0, cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:13.0

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/12/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-8176, CVE-2025-24142, CVE-2025-24144, CVE-2025-24155, CVE-2025-24258, CVE-2025-24274, CVE-2025-30440, CVE-2025-30442, CVE-2025-30448, CVE-2025-30453, CVE-2025-31196, CVE-2025-31208, CVE-2025-31209, CVE-2025-31213, CVE-2025-31219, CVE-2025-31220, CVE-2025-31221, CVE-2025-31222, CVE-2025-31224, CVE-2025-31232, CVE-2025-31233, CVE-2025-31235, CVE-2025-31237, CVE-2025-31239, CVE-2025-31240, CVE-2025-31241, CVE-2025-31242, CVE-2025-31245, CVE-2025-31247, CVE-2025-31251

APPLE-SA: 122718