What is CVE-2017-13815?

CVE-2017-13815 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-11-13.

How severe is CVE-2017-13815?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X

CVE-2017-13815

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.1 is affected. The issue involves the third-party "file" product. Versions before 5.31 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Published 2017-11-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.029 (86.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apple Mac OS X

References

support.apple.com/HT208221 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1039710 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-13815?: CVE-2017-13815 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-11-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-13815?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.