Memory corruption in Apple Safari - CVE-2018-4214
Published: June 4, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13135
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-2018-4214
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 vulnerability exists due to boundary error in the WebKit component when handling malicious input. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trick the victim into loading a specially crafted content, trigger a memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Apple Safari
Gentoo Linux
watchOS
tvOS
Apple iOS
iCloud for Windows
iTunes
Gentoo Linux
watchOS
tvOS
Apple iOS
iCloud for Windows
iTunes
How to mitigate CVE-2018-4214
Update to version 11.1.1.