CVE-2018-1985 Memory corruption in Security Rapport for MacOS
An administrator can trigger a buffer overflow in an unused legacy driver, causing a kernel panic and denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-1985?
CVE-2018-1985 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in IBM Security Rapport for MacOS, published on 24 Aug 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Trusteer Rapport/Apex 3.6.1908.22 contains an unused legacy driver which could allow a user with administrator privileges to cause a buffer overflow that would result in a kernel panic. IBM X-Force ID: 154207.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1985?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Security Rapport.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1985?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1985 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2018-1985 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1985 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fjwj-hjxc-v886.