CVE-2018-4419 — A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue affected versions prior to iOS 12.1, macOS Mojave 10.14.1, tvOS 12.1, watchOS 5.1.

01What is this vulnerability?

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue affected versions prior to iOS 12.1, macOS Mojave 10.14.1, tvOS 12.1, watchOS 5.1.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS	Versions prior to: iOS 12.1, macOS Mojave 10.14.1, tvOS 12.1, watchOS 5.1

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

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

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

• Published: 2019-04-03T17:43:18.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T05:11:22.878Z

09References

• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209193
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209192
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209195
• support.apple.com — https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209194