#VU9076 Memory corruption in macOS - CVE-2017-13831

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#VU9076 Memory corruption in macOS - CVE-2017-13831

Published: November 1, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9076
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13831
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
macOS
Software vendor:
Apple Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to a memory management error in the ImageIO component. A remote attacker can trick the victim into loading a specially crafted image, trigger memory corruption and cause the application to crash.


Remediation

Update to version 10.13.1.

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