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CVE-2018-4235

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-4235 is a local impersonation vulnerability affecting the Messages component in iOS before 11.4, macOS before 10.13.5, tvOS before 11.4, and watchOS before 4.3.1. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.5) allows an attacker with local access to inject unspecified content, leading to impersonation without requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 11.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 11.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.13.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 4.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0047 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

support.apple.com / HT208848
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT208849
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT208850
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT208851
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1041027
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry