Out-of-bounds read in macOS - CVE-2018-4248
Published: July 10, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13665
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4248
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A local attacker can run a specially crafted application, trigger out-of-bounds read and read restricted memory.
Affected software
macOS
watchOS
Apple iOS
tvOS
watchOS
Apple iOS
tvOS
How to mitigate CVE-2018-4248
Update to version 10.13.6.
macOS - update to 10.13.6 17G66