CVE-2018-4053 describes a local denial-of-service vulnerability in the privileged helper tool of GOG Galaxy Games, specifically version 1.2.47 for macOS. An attacker can exploit this by sending malicious data to the root-listening service, causing the application to crash and become unavailable. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2.47CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gog:galaxy:1.2.47:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.