CVE-2018-4368 Denial of service in iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service on Apple devices due to insufficient input validation, requiring OS updates to mitigate.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-4368?

CVE-2018-4368 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Iphone Os, published on 3 Apr 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A denial of service issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue affected versions prior to iOS 12.1, macOS Mojave 10.14.1, tvOS 12.1, watchOS 5.1.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-4368?

It affects 4 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2018-4368?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-4368 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-2018-4368 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-4368 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-qm85-89p8-28gx.

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