CVE-2018-4083
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.3 is affected. The issue...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.3 is affected. The issue involves the "Touch Bar Support" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.3 is affected. The issue involves the "Touch Bar Support" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.
- Record
CVE-2018-4083- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.3 is affected. The issue involves the "Touch Bar Support" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.
- Record
CVE-2018-4083- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-15869 No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.3 is affected. The issue involves the "Touch Bar Support" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.
- Record
EUVD-2018-15869- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qmcj-vv48-6mw4
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.3 is affected. The issue...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.3 is affected. The issue involves the "Touch Bar Support" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.
- Record
GHSA-qmcj-vv48-6mw4- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | macOS Kernel - Use-After-Free Due to Lack of Locking in 'AppleEmbeddedOSSupportHostClient::registerNotificationPort' | 2018-02-09 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-4083 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Apple Mac Os X, published April 3, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.71%, the 89th percentile. No source names a fixed version.