PT-2017-3316

CVE-2017-13830

Published

2017-11-01

Updated

2017-11-27

Description by

CVSS 2.0

9.3

High

MetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 10.13.1

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the HFS component of the Mac OS X operating system. This can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted application, potentially allowing them to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service due to memory corruption.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 10.13.1, update to version 10.13.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploitability

Fix

Impacts

Researchers

Sergej Schumilo

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Related identifiers

CVE-2017-13830