CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-4302

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Dec 23, 2021 | Modified: Jan 05, 2022
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A null pointer dereference was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in macOS High Sierra 10.13, iCloud for Windows 7.0, watchOS 4, iOS 11, iTunes 12.7 for Windows. Processing maliciously crafted XML may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Icloud Apple * 7.0 (including)
Itunes Apple * 12.7 (excluding)
Iphone_os Apple * 11 (excluding)
Mac_os_x Apple * 10.13 (excluding)
Watchos Apple * 4 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References