CVE-2012-0657

N/A Unknown

Published: May 11, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

Quartz Composer in Apple Mac OS X before 10.7.4, when the RSS Visualizer screensaver is enabled, allows physically proximate attackers to bypass screen locking and launch a Safari process via unspecified vectors.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html

Source: product-security@apple.com

Vendor Advisory

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281

Source: product-security@apple.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53445

Source: product-security@apple.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53473

Source: product-security@apple.com

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53445

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53473

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.4%

29th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

apple

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