CVE-2018-4258 : In macOS High Sierra before 10.13.5, a buffer overflow was addressed with improv

In macOS High Sierra before 10.13.5, a buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking.

Published 2019-01-11 18:29:03

Updated 2019-01-16 13:59:04

Source Apple Inc.

View at NVD, CVE.org

Vulnerability category: Overflow

Products affected by CVE-2018-4258

Apple » Mac Os X
Versions before (<) 10.13.5
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions

EPSS FAQ

0.25%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 62 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
10.0	HIGH	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	10.0	10.0	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Complete Integrity Impact: Complete Availability Impact: Complete
9.8	CRITICAL	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	3.9	5.9	NIST
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: High Integrity: High Availability: High

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

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