CVE-2018-4312 is a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability, tracked as CWE-416, affecting Apple's iOS, tvOS, Safari, iTunes for Windows, and iCloud for Windows versions prior to their respective 12.x releases. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 8.8, allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability through user interaction (e.g., clicking a malicious link). While not on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-45481), and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its potential for exploitation. Apple addressed this vulnerability with improved memory management in subsequent updates.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 7.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:icloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 12.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.