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CVE-2018-4302 — A null pointer dereference was addressed with improved validation

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

CVSS
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EPSS
0.42% (top 38.10%)
CWE
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Published
2021-12-23T19:48:29.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T05:11:22.509Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
AppleiOSunspecified
ApplewatchOSunspecified
AppleiTunes for Windowsunspecified
AppleiCloud for Windowsunspecified
ApplemacOSunspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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