CVE-2018-4184
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Speech" component. It allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism to obtain microphone access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Speech" component. It allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism to obtain microphone access.
- Record
CVE-2018-4184- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Speech" component. It allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism to obtain microphone access.
- Record
CVE-2018-4184- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-15970 No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Speech" component. It allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism to obtain microphone access.
- Record
EUVD-2018-15970- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-47w3-h8x8-xwp9
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Speech" component. It allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism to obtain microphone access.
- Record
GHSA-47w3-h8x8-xwp9- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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-2018-4184 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Apple Mac Os X, published June 8, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.33%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.