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Released October 31, 2017
apache
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: Multiple issues in Apache
Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating to version 2.4.27.
CVE-2016-0736
CVE-2016-2161
CVE-2016-5387
CVE-2016-8740
CVE-2016-8743
CVE-2017-3167
CVE-2017-3169
CVE-2017-7659
CVE-2017-7668
CVE-2017-7679
CVE-2017-9788
CVE-2017-9789
Entry updated November 14, 2017
APFS
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13
Impact: A malicious Thunderbolt adapter may be able to recover unencrypted APFS filesystem data
Description: An issue existed in the handling of DMA. This issue was addressed by limiting the time the FileVault decryption buffers are DMA mapped to the duration of the I/O operation.
CVE-2017-13786: Dmytro Oleksiuk
Entry updated November 10, 2017
APFS
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-13800: Sergej Schumilo of Ruhr-University Bochum
AppleScript
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: Decompiling an AppleScript with osadecompile may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2017-13809: bat0s
Entry updated November 10, 2017
ATS
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font may result in the disclosure of process memory
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2017-13820: John Villamil, Doyensec
Audio
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6
Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted QuickTime file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-13807: Yangkang (@dnpushme) of Qihoo 360 Qex Team
Entry updated January 22, 2019
CFNetwork
Available for: OS X El Capitan 10.11.6, and macOS Sierra 10.12.6
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-13829: Niklas Baumstark and Samuel Gro working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
CVE-2017-13833: Niklas Baumstark and Samuel Gro working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
Entry added November 10, 2017
CFString
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2017-13821: Australian Cyber Security Centre – Australian Signals Directorate
CoreText
Available for: OS X El Capitan 10.11.6, macOS Sierra 10.12.6
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted font file may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-13825: Australian Cyber Security Centre – Australian Signals Directorate
Entry updated November 16, 2018
curl
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13, macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: Uploading using TFTP to a maliciously crafted URL with libcurl may disclose application memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2017-1000100: Even Rouault, found by OSS-Fuzz
curl
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13, macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted URL with libcurl may cause unexpected application termination or read process memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read was addressed with improved bounds checking.
CVE-2017-1000101: Brian Carpenter, Yongji Ouyang
Dictionary Widget
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13, macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: Searching pasted text in the Dictionary widget may lead to compromise of user information
Description: A validation issue existed which allowed local file access. This was addressed with input sanitization.
CVE-2017-13801: xisigr of Tencent's Xuanwu Lab (tencent.com)
file
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6
Impact: Multiple issues in file
Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating to version 5.31.
CVE-2017-13815: found by OSS-Fuzz
Entry updated October 18, 2018
Fonts
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: Rendering untrusted text may lead to spoofing
Description: An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2017-13828: Leonard Grey and Robert Sesek of Google Chrome
Entry updated November 10, 2017
fsck_msdos
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-13811: V.E.O. (@VYSEa) of Mobile Advanced Threat Team of Trend Micro
Entry updated November 2, 2017
HFS
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-13830: Sergej Schumilo of Ruhr-University Bochum
Heimdal
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to impersonate a service
Description: A validation issue existed in the handling of the KDC-REP service name. This issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2017-11103: Jeffrey Altman, Viktor Duchovni, and Nico Williams
Entry updated January 22, 2019
HelpViewer
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: A quarantined HTML file may execute arbitrary JavaScript cross-origin
Description: A cross-site scripting issue existed in HelpViewer. This issue was addressed by removing the affected file.
CVE-2017-13819: Filippo Cavallarin of SecuriTeam Secure Disclosure
Entry updated November 10, 2017
ImageIO
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2017-13814: Australian Cyber Security Centre – Australian Signals Directorate
Entry updated November 16, 2018
ImageIO
Available for: OS X El Capitan 10.11.6, macOS Sierra 10.12.6
Impact: Processing a maliciously crafted image may lead to a denial of service
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2017-13831: Glen Carmichael
Entry updated April 3, 2019
IOAcceleratorFamily
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6
Impact: A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-13906
Entry added October 18, 2018
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: A local user may be able to leak sensitive user information
Description: A permissions issue existed in kernel packet counters. This issue was addressed with improved permission validation.
CVE-2017-13810: Zhiyun Qian of University of California, Riverside
Entry updated January 22, 2019
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: A local user may be able to read kernel memory
Description: An out-of-bounds read issue existed that led to the disclosure of kernel memory. This was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2017-13817: Maxime Villard (m00nbsd)
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2017-13818: The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
CVE-2017-13836: Vlad Tsyrklevich
CVE-2017-13841: Vlad Tsyrklevich
CVE-2017-13840: Vlad Tsyrklevich
CVE-2017-13842: Vlad Tsyrklevich
CVE-2017-13782: Kevin Backhouse of Semmle Ltd.
Entry updated June 18, 2018
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-13843: an anonymous researcher, an anonymous researcher
Kernel
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6
Impact: Processing a malformed mach binary may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2017-13834: Maxime Villard (m00nbsd)
Entry updated January 22, 2019
Kernel
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13, macOS Sierra 10.12.6
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-13799: Lufeng Li of Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team
Entry updated November 10, 2017
Kernel
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13
Impact: A malicious application may be able to learn information about the presence and operation of other applications on the device.
Description: An application was able to access process information maintained by the operating system unrestricted. This issue was addressed with rate limiting.
CVE-2017-13852: Xiaokuan Zhang and Yinqian Zhang of The Ohio State University, Xueqiang Wang and XiaoFeng Wang of Indiana University Bloomington, and Xiaolong Bai of Tsinghua University
Entry added November 10, 2017, updated January 22, 2019
libarchive
Available for: OS X El Capitan 10.11.6, macOS Sierra 10.12.6
Impact: Unpacking a maliciously crafted archive may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues existed in libarchive. These issues were addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2017-13813: found by OSS-Fuzz
Entry updated November 16, 2018, updated January 22, 2019
libarchive
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: Unpacking a maliciously crafted archive may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: Multiple memory corruption issues existed in libarchive. These issues were addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2017-13812: found by OSS-Fuzz
Entry updated January 22, 2019
libarchive
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2016-4736: Proteas of Qihoo 360 Nirvan Team
Entry updated December 21, 2017
libxml2
Available for: OS X El Capitan 10.11.6, macOS Sierra 10.12.6
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted XML may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A null pointer dereference was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2017-5969: Gustavo Grieco
Entry added October 18, 2018
libxml2
Available for: OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted XML may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A buffer overflow issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-5130: an anonymous researcher
CVE-2017-7376: an anonymous researcher
Entry added October 18, 2018
libxml2
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted XML may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved input validation.
CVE-2017-9050: Mateusz Jurczyk (j00ru) of Google Project Zero
Entry added October 18, 2018
libxml2
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6
Impact: Processing maliciously crafted XML may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management.
CVE-2017-9049: Wei Lei and Liu Yang - Nanyang Technological University in Singapore
Entry added October 18, 2018
LinkPresentation
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13
Impact: Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing
Description: An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2018-4390: Rayyan Bijoora (@Bijoora) of The City School, PAF Chapter
CVE-2018-4391: Rayyan Bijoora (@Bijoora) of The City School, PAF Chapter
Entry added November 16, 2018
Login Window
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13
Impact: The screen lock may unexpectedly remain unlocked
Description: A state management issue was addressed with improved state validation.
CVE-2017-13907: an anonymous researcher
Entry added October 18, 2018
Open Scripting Architecture
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: Decompiling an AppleScript with osadecompile may lead to arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-13824: an anonymous researcher
PCRE
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: Multiple issues in pcre
Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating to version 8.40.
CVE-2017-13846
Postfix
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: Multiple issues in Postfix
Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating to version 3.2.2.
CVE-2017-10140: an anonymous researcher
Entry updated November 17, 2017
Quick Look
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2017-13822: Australian Cyber Security Centre – Australian Signals Directorate
Quick Look
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: Parsing a maliciously crafted office document may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
Description: A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-7132: Australian Cyber Security Centre – Australian Signals Directorate
Entry updated January 22, 2019
QuickTime
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: An application may be able to read restricted memory
Description: A validation issue was addressed with improved input sanitization.
CVE-2017-13823: Xiangkun Jia of Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences
Entry updated November 10, 2017
Remote Management
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-13808: an anonymous researcher
Sandbox
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.
CVE-2017-13838: Alastair Houghton
Entry updated November 10, 2017
Security
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13, macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Description: An authorization issue was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2017-7170: Patrick Wardle of Synack
Entry added January 11, 2018
Security
Available for: macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: A malicious application can extract keychain passwords
Description: A method existed for applications to bypass the keychain access prompt with a synthetic click. This was addressed by requiring the user password when prompting for keychain access.
CVE-2017-7150: Patrick Wardle of Synack
Entry added November 17, 2017
SMB
Available for: OS X El Capitan 10.11.6, macOS Sierra 10.12.6
Impact: A local attacker may be able to execute non-executable text files via an SMB share
Description: An issue in handling file permissions was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2017-13908: an anonymous researcher
Entry added October 18, 2018
StreamingZip
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13, macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: A malicious zip file may be able modify restricted areas of the file system
Description: A path handling issue was addressed with improved validation.
CVE-2017-13804: @qwertyoruiopz at KJC Research Intl. S.R.L.
tcpdump
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13, macOS Sierra 10.12.6
Impact: Multiple issues in tcpdump
Description: Multiple issues were addressed by updating to version 4.9.2.
CVE-2017-11108
CVE-2017-11541
CVE-2017-11542
CVE-2017-11543
CVE-2017-12893
CVE-2017-12894
CVE-2017-12895
CVE-2017-12896
CVE-2017-12897
CVE-2017-12898
CVE-2017-12899
CVE-2017-12900
CVE-2017-12901
CVE-2017-12902
CVE-2017-12985
CVE-2017-12986
CVE-2017-12987
CVE-2017-12988
CVE-2017-12989
CVE-2017-12990
CVE-2017-12991
CVE-2017-12992
CVE-2017-12993
CVE-2017-12994
CVE-2017-12995
CVE-2017-12996
CVE-2017-12997
CVE-2017-12998
CVE-2017-12999
CVE-2017-13000
CVE-2017-13001
CVE-2017-13002
CVE-2017-13003
CVE-2017-13004
CVE-2017-13005
CVE-2017-13006
CVE-2017-13007
CVE-2017-13008
CVE-2017-13009
CVE-2017-13010
CVE-2017-13011
CVE-2017-13012
CVE-2017-13013
CVE-2017-13014
CVE-2017-13015
CVE-2017-13016
CVE-2017-13017
CVE-2017-13018
CVE-2017-13019
CVE-2017-13020
CVE-2017-13021
CVE-2017-13022
CVE-2017-13023
CVE-2017-13024
CVE-2017-13025
CVE-2017-13026
CVE-2017-13027
CVE-2017-13028
CVE-2017-13029
CVE-2017-13030
CVE-2017-13031
CVE-2017-13032
CVE-2017-13033
CVE-2017-13034
CVE-2017-13035
CVE-2017-13036
CVE-2017-13037
CVE-2017-13038
CVE-2017-13039
CVE-2017-13040
CVE-2017-13041
CVE-2017-13042
CVE-2017-13043
CVE-2017-13044
CVE-2017-13045
CVE-2017-13046
CVE-2017-13047
CVE-2017-13048
CVE-2017-13049
CVE-2017-13050
CVE-2017-13051
CVE-2017-13052
CVE-2017-13053
CVE-2017-13054
CVE-2017-13055
CVE-2017-13687
CVE-2017-13688
CVE-2017-13689
CVE-2017-13690
CVE-2017-13725
Wi-Fi
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13, macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: An attacker in Wi-Fi range may force nonce reuse in WPA unicast/PTK clients (Key Reinstallation Attacks - KRACK)
Description: A logic issue existed in the handling of state transitions. This was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2017-13077: Mathy Vanhoef of the imec-DistriNet group at KU Leuven
CVE-2017-13078: Mathy Vanhoef of the imec-DistriNet group at KU Leuven
Entry updated November 3, 2017
Wi-Fi
Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13, macOS Sierra 10.12.6, OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Impact: An attacker in Wi-Fi range may force nonce reuse in WPA multicast/GTK clients (Key Reinstallation Attacks - KRACK)
Description: A logic issue existed in the handling of state transitions. This was addressed with improved state management.
CVE-2017-13080: Mathy Vanhoef of the imec-DistriNet group at KU Leuven
Entry updated November 3, 2017
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