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CVE-2018-4250

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-4250 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Apple iOS before version 11.4, specifically within the Messages component. A remote attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted message, leading to a denial of service on the affected device. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be triggered remotely (AV:N). While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV entry, the vulnerability has received some community and media attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 11.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0140 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

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
securitytracker.com / id/1041031
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry