Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU9059

Buffer overflow in macOS - CVE-2017-13816

Published: November 1, 2017

Vulnerability identifier: #VU9059

CSH Severity: High

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13816

CWE-ID: CWE-120

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Apple Inc.

Affected software:
macOS

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to a buffer overflow in the libarchive component. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Update to version 10.13.1.