PT-2018-16431 · Apple · Tvos+4

Robin Leroy · Published 2018-04-03 · Updated 2019-03-08 · CVE-2018-4142

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iOS versions prior to 11.3 macOS versions prior to 10.13.4 tvOS versions prior to 11.3 watchOS versions prior to 4.3

Description The issue involves the CoreText component and allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, via a crafted string.

Recommendations For iOS versions prior to 11.3, update to version 11.3 or later. For macOS versions prior to 10.13.4, update to version 10.13.4 or later. For tvOS versions prior to 11.3, update to version 11.3 or later. For watchOS versions prior to 4.3, update to version 4.3 or later.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-4142

Affected Products

Coretext

Ios

Apple Macos

Tvos

Watchos

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4142 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT208698 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT208696 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT208692 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-4142 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT208693 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040608 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1040604 · Note