Critical severity · published Apr 3, 2018
CVE-2018-4164
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products
9.8
CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. Xcode before 9.3 is affected. The issue, which is unspecified, involves the "LLVM" component.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XC
Xcode · Apple
before 9.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4164
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-4164
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-commits/
Third Party Advisory
http://releases.llvm.org/
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103583
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040610
Release Notes
https://developer.apple.com/library/content/releasenotes/DeveloperTools/RN-Xcode/Chapters/Introduction.html
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208699
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