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CVE-2018-4409
A resource exhaustion issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue affected versions prior to iOS 12.1, tvOS 12.1,…
Medium6.5EPSS 1.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
A resource exhaustion issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue affected versions prior to iOS 12.1, tvOS 12.1, Safari 12.0.1, iTunes 12.9.1, iCloud for Windows 7.8.
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 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 23% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
- A malicious website may be able to cause a denial of service
- CWE-400 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-400 and its CVEs
Affected products
iOS, tvOS, Safari, iTunes for Windows, iCloud for Windows
- affected Versions prior to: iOS 12.1, tvOS 12.1, Safari 12.0.1, iTunes 12.9.1, iCloud for Windows 7.8
References (5)
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209192 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209194 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209197 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209198 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209196 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
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)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-16195 (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-2018-4409)Record last updated .