Memory corruption in Apple Safari - CVE-2018-4270
Published: July 11, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13806
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4270
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to boundary error when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Affected software
Apple Safari
Gentoo Linux
watchOS
Apple iOS
tvOS
Opensuse
webkit2gtk (Alpine package)
iCloud for Windows
iTunes
Gentoo Linux
watchOS
Apple iOS
tvOS
Opensuse
webkit2gtk (Alpine package)
iCloud for Windows
iTunes
How to mitigate CVE-2018-4270
Update to version 11.1.2.
Apple Safari - update to 11.1.2
webkit2gtk (Alpine package) - update to 2.20.4-r0
webkit2gtk (Alpine package) - update to 2.20.4-r0
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple Safari
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iTunes
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iCloud
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple watchOS
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple tvOS
- Gentoo update for WebkitGTK+
- OpenSUSE Linux update for webkit2gtk3
- Memory corruption in webkit2gtk (Alpine package)