Memory corruption in Apple Safari - CVE-2018-4089

 

Memory corruption in Apple Safari - CVE-2018-4089

Published: January 24, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10202
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4089
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to boundary error in the WebKit component when processing maliciously crafted web content. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Affected software

Apple Safari
Gentoo Linux
macOS
Apple iOS

How to mitigate CVE-2018-4089

Update to version 11.0.3.


External References

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