Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2018-4184
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Speech" component. It allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism to obtain microphone access.
EPSS: 0.014 (69.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
- Apple Mac_os_x
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- product-security@apple.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-4184?
- CVE-2018-4184 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-08.
- How severe is CVE-2018-4184?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-4184 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.