CVE-2018-4331 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue affected versions prior to iOS 12, macOS Mojave 10.14, tvOS 12, watchOS 5.

Published: 2019-04-03

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 4.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Versions prior to: iOS 12, macOS Mojave 10.14, tvOS 12, watchOS 5`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04362.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209106
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209107
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209108
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209139
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209193

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Iphone Os Mac Os X Tvos Watchos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2019-04-03T17:43:15.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:11:22.777Z

Reserved: 2018-01-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-4331

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-04-03T18:29:08.207

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:58:48.103

Link: CVE-2018-4331

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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

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