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Fencer Vulns
high 7.0

CVE-2018-4230 json

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products.

published 2018-06-08 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-16016

cvss
7.0
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue involves the "NVIDIA Graphics Drivers" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app that triggers a SetAppSupportBits use-after-free because of a race condition.

Patch / fix

  • apple mac_os_x 10.13.5

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-44847)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-44847 Apple macOS Kernel - Use-After-Free Due to Lack of Locking in nvidia GeForce Driver dos, 2018-06-06
  • bugs.chromium.org https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1549 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.