CVE-2018-4142

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3 is affected. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. tvOS before 11.3 is affected. watchOS before 4.3 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreText" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted string.

CVSS v3.0 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://support.apple.com/HT208698	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208696	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208693	Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208692	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040608	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040604	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Information

Published : 2018-04-02 23:29

Updated : 2019-03-08 08:06

NVD link : CVE-2018-4142

Mitre link : CVE-2018-4142

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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Products Affected

apple

mac_os_x
watchos
tvos
iphone_os

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