VULNERABILITY

OS X update for Kernel (CVE-2018-4241)

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OS X update for Kernel (CVE-2018-4241)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/04/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/04/2018
Modified
03/18/2020

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.4 is affected. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. tvOS before 11.4 is affected. watchOS before 4.3.1 is affected. The issue involves the "Kernel" component. A buffer overflow in mptcp_usr_connectx allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_13_5

References

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