CVE-2018-4142

HIGH

iPhone OS < 11.3, macOS < 10.13.4, tvOS < 11.3, watchOS < 4.3 - Denial of Service in CoreText

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3 is affected. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. tvOS before 11.3 is affected. watchOS before 4.3 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreText" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted string.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT208692
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040604
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT208698
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT208696
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT208693
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040608

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0292
EPSS Percentile 85.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (4)
apple/iphone_os < 11.3
apple/mac_os_x < 10.13.4
apple/tvos < 11.3
apple/watchos < 4.3
Published Apr 03, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026