6.5med
CVE-2018-42401 exploit
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products.
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
6.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
6.8%
percentile 94%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB
Summary
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.4 is affected. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. tvOS before 11.4 is affected. watchOS before 4.3.1 is affected. The issue involves the "Messages" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted message.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
6.77% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs.
Exploits and detections
- EDB-45391 Apple macOS 10.13.4 - Denial of Service (PoC) · dos · 2018-09-12
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
References
- support.apple.com /HT208850 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- support.apple.com /HT208851 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securitytracker.com /id/1041027 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
- support.apple.com /HT208848 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- support.apple.com /HT208849 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- exploit-db.com /exploits/45391/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-4240
- NVD: CVE-2018-4240
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