CVE-2018-4124

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.2.6 is affected. macOS before 10.13.3 Supplemental Update is affected. tvOS before 11.2.6 is affected. watchOS before 4.2.3 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreText" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string containing a certain Telugu character.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 9.0 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

9.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 8.5

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://support.apple.com/HT208537	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208536	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208535	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208534	Vendor Advisory
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/02/20/apple-fixes-that-1-character-to-crash-your-mac-and-iphone-bug/	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040396	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Information

Published : 2018-04-02 23:29

Updated : 2019-03-08 08:06

NVD link : CVE-2018-4124

Mitre link : CVE-2018-4124

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Products Affected

apple

mac_os_x
watchos
iphone_os
tvos

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