CVE-2018-4406 Denial of service in macOS
An attacker can cause a denial of service on macOS systems due to insufficient input validation, requiring an OS upgrade to fix.
- 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-2018-4406?
CVE-2018-4406 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, 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 macOS Mojave 10.14.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-4406?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Mac Os X.
How do I fix CVE-2018-4406?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-4406 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-2018-4406 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-4406 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g9gf-66qf-67jr.