Memory corruption in macOS - CVE-2018-4124
Published: February 20, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10659
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4124
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apple Inc.
Affected software:
macOS
macOS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to heap corruption when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted Telugu character in a message, trigger a memory corruption error in the CoreText component and cause the application to crash.
The weakness exists due to heap corruption when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted Telugu character in a message, trigger a memory corruption error in the CoreText component and cause the application to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-4124
Update to version 10.13.3.