Out-of-bounds read in macOS - CVE-2018-4308

 

Out-of-bounds read in macOS - CVE-2018-4308

Published: October 31, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15620
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4308
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an error in ATS component when handling malicious input. A local attacker can run a specially crafted application, trigger out-of-bounds read and read restricted memory.


Affected software

macOS

How to mitigate CVE-2018-4308

Update to version 10.14.1.

macOS - update to 10.14.1 18B75

External References

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