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CVE-2018-4251
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Firmware" component. It…
Medium5.5EPSS 1.2%
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- apple
Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Firmware" component. It allows attackers to modify the EFI flash-memory region that a crafted app that has root access.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (3)
- 1041027 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT208849 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20190326 Repeat of CVE-2018-4251 in Razer Laptops (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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