Memory corruption in macOS - CVE-2018-4344

Vulnerability identifier: #VU15519

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4344

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

Vendor: Apple Inc.

Affected software:
macOS

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper sandbox restrictions when handling malicious input. A local attacker can run a specially crafted application and execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Update to version 10.14.

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209139