Apple macOS up to 10.13.4 out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.13.4. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-4194. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.13.4 (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In iOS before 11.4, iCloud for Windows before 7.5, watchOS before 4.3.1, iTunes before 12.7.5 for Windows, and macOS High Sierra before 10.13.5, an out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved input validation.

The bug was discovered 05/29/2018. The weakness was disclosed 06/01/2018 as HT208849 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-4194 since 01/02/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 10.13.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The entries VDB-118673, VDB-118642, VDB-118643 and VDB-118644 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: macOS 10.13.5

Timelineinfo

01/02/2018 🔍
05/29/2018 +147 days 🔍
06/01/2018 +3 days 🔍
06/01/2018 +0 days 🔍
01/11/2019 +224 days 🔍
01/12/2019 +1 days 🔍
04/28/2020 +472 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT208849
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-4194 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4194
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-129107
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/12/2019 12:21
Updated: 04/28/2020 22:47
Changes: 01/12/2019 12:21 (63), 04/28/2020 22:47 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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