Memory corruption in macOS - CVE-2017-13855

 

Memory corruption in macOS - CVE-2017-13855

Published: December 7, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9560
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-2017-13855
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 memory handling error in the kernel component. A local attacker can use a specially crafted application, trigger memory handling error and read arbitrary files.

Affected software

macOS
tvOS
Apple iOS

How to mitigate CVE-2017-13855

Update to version 10.13.2.


External References

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