CVE-2017-7124 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the file utility in macOS, causing a denial of service, with potential for other unspecified impacts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-7124?
CVE-2017-7124 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 23 Oct 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the third-party "file" product. Versions before 5.30 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7124?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Mac Os X.
How do I fix CVE-2017-7124?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-7124 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-7124 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7124 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3j5p-vc95-vxgc.