CVE-2017-13846 is a critical denial-of-service vulnerability affecting macOS versions prior to 10.13.1, stemming from an issue within the third-party PCRE product (versions before 8.40). With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause an application crash and potentially achieve other unspecified impacts, requiring no user interaction or privileges. Despite its high severity and a notable level of community discussion, there is currently no public exploit code available, nor is it listed on the CISA KEV catalog as being actively exploited.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.13.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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