Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU13820

Memory corruption in Apple iOS - CVE-2018-4290

Published: July 11, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU13820

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-2018-4290

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 processing an emoji under certain configurations. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted input, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.

Affected software

Apple iOS
watchOS

How to mitigate CVE-2018-4290

Update to version 11.4.1.

Apple iOS - update to 11.4.1

External References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208938

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