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CVE-2018-4286
Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling. This issue affected versions prior to macOS High Sierra…
Critical9.8EPSS 2.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling. This issue affected versions prior to macOS High Sierra 10.13.6.
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 15 months later
· 15 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 19% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- Mounting a maliciously crafted NFS network share may lead to arbitrary code execution with system privileges
- CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs
Affected products
macOS
- affected Versions prior to: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
References (3)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2018-4286)Record last updated .