Out-of-bounds read in Apple iOS - CVE-2018-4365
Published: October 31, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15656
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-2018-4365
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 weakness exists due to out-of-bounds read in Contacts component when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into processing a specially crafted vcf file, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Affected software
Apple iOS
How to mitigate CVE-2018-4365
Update to version 12.1.
Apple iOS - update to 12.1 16B92