CVE-2018-4240 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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 "Messages" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted message.

Published: 2018-06-08

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 23.3% Moderate

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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

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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No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.23346.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041027
https://support.apple.com/HT208848
https://support.apple.com/HT208849
https://support.apple.com/HT208850
https://support.apple.com/HT208851
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45391/

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Iphone Os Mac Os X Tvos Watchos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2018-06-08T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:11:21.433Z

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

Link: CVE-2018-4240

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-08T18:29:02.383

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:07:02.290

Link: CVE-2018-4240

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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