Memory corruption in macOS - CVE-2018-4421
Published: January 11, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16944
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4421
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apple Inc.
Affected software:
macOS
macOS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to a boundary error in the Intel Graphics Driver component. A local attacker can run a specially crafted application and execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-4421
Update to version 10.14.2.