Memory corruption in Apple Safari - CVE-2018-4271
Published: July 11, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13809
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-2018-4271
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
watchOS
Apple iOS
tvOS
Opensuse
iCloud for Windows
iTunes
watchOS
Apple iOS
tvOS
Opensuse
iCloud for Windows
iTunes
How to mitigate CVE-2018-4271
Update to version 11.1.2.
Apple Safari - update to 11.1.2