Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2018-4230
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue involves the "NVIDIA Graphics Drivers" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app that triggers a SetAppSupportBits use-after-free because of a race condition.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.041 (90.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.041 · newest: 0.041 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44847/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1041027 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- support.apple.com/HT208849 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-4230?
- CVE-2018-4230 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2018-06-08.
- How severe is CVE-2018-4230?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.