CVE-2018-4331 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Apple's iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS prior to versions 12, 10.14, 12, and 5 respectively. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability over a network with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage. The vulnerability has been addressed by Apple through improved memory handling.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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