8.8
HIGH
CVE-2018-4212
Apple Safari and iTunes ASSERT Failure Vulnerability
Description

In iOS before 11.3, Safari before 11.1, iCloud for Windows before 7.4, tvOS before 11.3, watchOS before 4.3, iTunes before 12.7.4 for Windows, unexpected interaction causes an ASSERT failure. This issue was addressed with improved checks.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 11, 2019, 6:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:06 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-4212 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apple itunes
2 Apple iphone_os
3 Apple tvos
4 Apple watchos
5 Apple safari
6 Apple icloud
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Webkitgtk webkitgtk\+
1 Microsoft windows

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-4212 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-04
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT208693%2C
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT208694
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT208695%2C
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT208696%2C
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT208697%2C
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT208698%2C
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3781-1/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Apple Inc. https://support.apple.com/HT208695%2C [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Apple Inc. https://support.apple.com/HT208697%2C [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Apple Inc. https://support.apple.com/HT208696%2C [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Apple Inc. https://support.apple.com/HT208698%2C [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Apple Inc. https://support.apple.com/HT208693%2C [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Apple Inc. https://support.apple.com/HT208698,
    Removed Reference Apple Inc. https://support.apple.com/HT208697,
    Removed Reference Apple Inc. https://support.apple.com/HT208696,
    Removed Reference Apple Inc. https://support.apple.com/HT208695,
    Removed Reference Apple Inc. https://support.apple.com/HT208693,
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 11.3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 11.3
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-04 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-04 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3781-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3781-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT208697, No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT208697, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT208696, No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT208696, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT208694 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT208694 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT208698, No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT208698, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT208693, No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT208693, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT208695, No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT208695, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 11.3 *cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 11.1 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 11.3 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.3
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:apple:icloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 7.4 *cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 12.7.4 OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:webkitgtk:webkitgtk\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.22.0
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 12, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3781-1/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-04 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-4212 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-4212 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.79 }} 0.04%

score

0.81347

percentile

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