6.6
CVSSv3

CVE-2017-7154

Published: 27/12/2017 Updated: 22/03/2019
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.6 | Impact Score: 7.8 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.6 | Impact Score: 5.2 | Exploitability Score: 1.3
VMScore: 565
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

An issue exists in certain Apple products. iOS prior to 11.2 is affected. macOS prior to 10.13.2 is affected. tvOS prior to 11.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Kernel" component. It allows local users to bypass intended memory-read restrictions or cause a denial of service (system crash).

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apple mac os x

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apple iphone os

Exploits

/* The syscall process_policy(scope=PROC_POLICY_SCOPE_PROCESS, action=PROC_POLICY_ACTION_GET, policy=PROC_POLICY_RESOURCE_USAGE, policy_subtype=PROC_POLICY_RUSAGE_CPU, attrp=<userbuf>, target_pid=0, target_threadid=<ignored>) causes 4 bytes of uninitialized kernel stack memory to be written to userspace The call graph looks as follows ...
macOS suffers from a process_policy stack leak through an uninitialized field ...