Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 24, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2013-5178
CVE-2013-5178
Description
LaunchServices in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 does not properly restrict Unicode characters in filenames, which allows context-dependent attackers to spoof file extensions via a crafted character sequence.
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:supplemental_update:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=10.8.5
- (no CPE)range: <10.9
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