CVE-2018-4053 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An exploitable local denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the privileged helper tool of GOG Galaxy's Games, version 1.2.47 for macOS. An attacker can send malicious data to the root-listening service, causing the application to terminate and become unavailable.

Published: 2019-04-02

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

GOG.COM

GOG Galaxy

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Gog Galaxy 1.2.47 (macOS)`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gog:galaxy:1.2.47:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-15839	An exploitable local denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the privileged helper tool of GOG Galaxy's Games, version 1.2.47 for macOS. An attacker can send malicious data to the root-listening service, causing the application to terminate and become unavailable.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00325.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0727

History

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Subscriptions

Gog Galaxy

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2019-04-02T15:35:33.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:04:28.770Z

Reserved: 2018-01-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-4053

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-04-02T16:29:00.560

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:58:17.717

Link: CVE-2018-4053

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20
Improper Input Validation

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