CVE-2018-4241

HIGH

Description

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 "Kernel" component. A buffer overflow in mptcp_usr_connectx allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app.

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041027

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1558

https://support.apple.com/HT208848

https://support.apple.com/HT208849

https://support.apple.com/HT208850

https://support.apple.com/HT208851

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44849/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2018-06-08

Updated: 2018-07-17

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: HIGH

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Severity: HIGH