Memory corruption in Apple Safari - CVE-2018-4271

 

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

How to mitigate CVE-2018-4271

Update to version 11.1.2.

Apple Safari - update to 11.1.2

External References

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