CVE-2017-13840 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Apple MAC OS X

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure7 documents3 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 58.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Apple MAC OS XApple IOSApple Macos High Sierra+3 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 13
Latest updateMay 17

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.1 is affected. The issue involves the "Kernel" component. It allows attackers to bypass intended memory-read restrictions via a crafted app.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages6 packages

▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.13.0
▶Appleapple/ios11
▶Appleapple/tvos11

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-98f4-r9rg-wmh3: An issue was discovered in certain Apple products↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Apple
CVE-2017-13840: macOS High Sierra 10.13.1, Security Update 2017-001 Sierra, and Security Update 2017-004 El Capitan↗2017-10-31
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Apple
CVE-2017-13840: macOS High Sierra 10.13↗2017-09-25
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Apple
CVE-2017-13840: iOS 11↗2017-09-19
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Apple
CVE-2017-13840: watchOS 4↗2017-09-19
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Apple
CVE-2017-13840: tvOS 11↗2017-09-19
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