CVE-2018-4206
The issue involves the "Crash Reporter" component.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 5.0%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3.1 is affected. macOS before 10.13.4 Security Update 2018-001 is affected. tvOS before 11.4 is affected. watchOS before 4.3.1 is affected. The issue involves the "Crash Reporter" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app that replaces a privileged port name.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.97% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 30 April 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- apple/apple tv · apple/iphone os · apple/mac os x · apple/watchos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS moved from 9.9% on 21 September 2026 to 5.0% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103957Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103958Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040744Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1529Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT208742Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT208743Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT208850Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT208851Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44562/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103957Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103958Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040744Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1529Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT208742Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT208743Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT208850Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT208851Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44562/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.