CVE-2018-4301 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-120) in Apple Smart Card Services, specifically within GemaltoKeyHandle.cpp. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating it can be exploited remotely without user interaction to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is severe, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding it.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< scssu-201801CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:smart_card_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 201801CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:apple:smart_card_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.