CVE-2017-13786 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2017-13786?

CVE-2017-13786 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 13 Nov 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.1 is affected. The issue involves the "APFS" component. It does not properly restrict the DMA mapping time of FileVault decryption buffers, which allows attackers to read cleartext APFS data via a crafted Thunderbolt adapter.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13786?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2017-13786?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-13786 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-13786 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13786 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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