CVE-2018-4174
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3 is affected. macOS before 10...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3 is affected. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It allows man-in-the-middle attackers to read S/MIME encrypted messages by leveraging an inconsistency in the user interface.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3 is affected. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It allows man-in-the-middle attackers to read S/MIME encrypted messages by leveraging an inconsistency in the user interface.
- Record
CVE-2018-4174- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3 is affected. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It allows man-in-the-middle attackers to read S/MIME encrypted messages by leveraging an inconsistency in the user interface.
- Record
CVE-2018-4174- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-15960 No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3 is affected. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It allows man-in-the-middle attackers to read S/MIME encrypted messages by leveraging an inconsistency in the user interface.
- Record
EUVD-2018-15960- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x4mh-6g26-xmv9
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3 is affected. macOS before 10...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.3 is affected. macOS before 10.13.4 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It allows man-in-the-middle attackers to read S/MIME encrypted messages by leveraging an inconsistency in the user interface.
- Record
GHSA-x4mh-6g26-xmv9- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-4174 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Apple Iphone Os, published April 3, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.45%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.