CVE-2013-5166 — The Bluetooth USB host controller in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 prematurely deletes interfaces, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application

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The Bluetooth USB host controller in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 prematurely deletes interfaces, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application

Published Oct 24, 2013

4.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.33%

Description

The Bluetooth USB host controller in Apple Mac OS X before 10.9 prematurely deletes interfaces, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.33% 0.00326

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00326

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.33% (0.00326)	23.31th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.33% (0.00326)	24.12th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.14% (0.00138)	31.10th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Oct 24, 2013

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Aug 15, 2013

Link CVE-2013-5166

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2013-5166

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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