CVE-2018-4166 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2018-4166?

CVE-2018-4166 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Iphone Os, published on 3 Apr 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3 is affected. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. tvOS before 11.3 is affected. watchOS before 4.3 is affected. The issue involves the "NSURLSession" component. A race condition allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-4166?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Apple Iphone Os, Apple Mac Os X, Apple Tvos, Apple Watchos.

How do I fix CVE-2018-4166?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-4166 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-4166 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-4166 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-f7mm-6xgv-fc2v.