CVE-2018-4344 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue affected versions prior to iOS 12, macOS Mojave 10.14, tvOS 12, watchOS 5.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is in the KEV database since June 27, 2022.

The EPSS score is 0.00322.

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Apple	Iphone Os Mac Os X Tvos Watchos

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-16130	A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue affected versions prior to iOS 12, macOS Mojave 10.14, tvOS 12, watchOS 5.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209106
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209107
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209108
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209139

History

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2022-06-27'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	cvssV3_0 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2019-04-03T17:43:15.000Z

Updated: 2025-07-30T01:46:06.331Z

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

Link: CVE-2018-4344

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:11:22.864Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2019-04-03T18:29:09.173

Modified: 2025-02-28T14:53:55.297

Link: CVE-2018-4344

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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