Memory corruption in Apple Safari - CVE-2018-4204

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12146

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-2018-4204

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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 handling malicious input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into loading a specially crafted web content, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Apple Safari
Gentoo Linux
tvOS
Apple iOS
Opensuse
iCloud for Windows
iTunes

Update to version 11.1.

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208741

• Remote code execution in Apple Safari
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple tvOS
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iTunes
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iCloud
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS
• Gentoo update for WebkitGTK+
• OpenSUSE Linux update for webkit2gtk3