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CRITICAL
CVE-2018-4331
Apple iOS Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue affected versions prior to iOS 12, macOS Mojave 10.14, tvOS 12, watchOS 5.

INFO

Published Date :

April 3, 2019, 6:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 4, 2019, 7:21 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-4331 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-4331 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 mac_os_x
2 Apple iphone_os
3 Apple tvos
4 Apple watchos
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-4331.

URL Resource
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209106 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209107 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209108 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209139 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209193 Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 6 months, 2 weeks ago
33 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : March 12, 2021, 12:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 1063 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago
17 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : Jan. 2, 2021, 10:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1050 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 month ago
82 stars 32 fork 32 watcher
Born at : Oct. 2, 2020, 2:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 1111 different CVEs too.

Here is some resources about macOS/iOS system security.

Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago
496 stars 49 fork 49 watcher
Born at : Aug. 26, 2020, 8:21 a.m. This repo has been linked 166 different CVEs too.

CVE-2018-4331: Exploit for a race condition in the GSSCred system service on iOS 11.2.

Makefile C Objective-C

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
24 stars 6 fork 6 watcher
Born at : Dec. 16, 2017, 8:48 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-4331 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-4331 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 04, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209106 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209106 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209139 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209139 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209107 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209107 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209108 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209108 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209193 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209193 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 12.0 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.14 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 12 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.0
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.
Exploit Prediction

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

1.12 }} 0.02%

score

0.84247

percentile

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