Out-of-bounds read in macOS - CVE-2017-13878

 

Out-of-bounds read in macOS - CVE-2017-13878

Published: December 7, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9564
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13878
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Apple Inc.
Affected software:
macOS

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds read in the Intel Graphics Driver component. A local attacker can use a specially crafted application, trigger out-of-bounds memory read error and view kernel memory contents or cause the system to crash.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-13878

Update to version 10.13.2.

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