#VU11433 Memory corruption in macOS - CVE-2018-4135

 

#VU11433 Memory corruption in macOS - CVE-2018-4135

Published: March 31, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11433
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4135
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
macOS
Software vendor:
Apple Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to boundary error in the IOFireWireFamily component. A local attacker can run a specially crafted application, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Remediation

Update to version 10.13.4.

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