CVE-2017-7124 is a critical denial-of-service vulnerability affecting macOS versions prior to 10.13, stemming from an issue in the third-party "file" product versions before 5.30. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it represents a high-severity risk that can be exploited remotely without user interaction, potentially leading to an application crash or other unspecified impacts. Despite its critical rating, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it has not garnered significant attention from threat actors or researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.12.6CPE 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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.