CVE-2018-4230
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 "NVIDIA Graphics Drivers" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app that triggers a SetAppSupportBits use-after-free because of a race condition.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- 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 10.13.5 is affected. The issue involves the "NVIDIA Graphics Drivers" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app that triggers a SetAppSupportBits use-after-free because of a race condition.
- Record
CVE-2018-4230- CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.6 High
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-362
- 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 "NVIDIA Graphics Drivers" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app that triggers a SetAppSupportBits use-after-free because of a race condition.
- Record
CVE-2018-4230- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-16016 No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue involves the "NVIDIA Graphics Drivers" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app that triggers a SetAppSupportBits use-after-free because of a race condition.
- Record
EUVD-2018-16016- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4h59-pqfj-x2p6
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 "NVIDIA Graphics Drivers" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app that triggers a SetAppSupportBits use-after-free because of a race condition.
- Record
GHSA-4h59-pqfj-x2p6- CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Apple macOS Kernel - Use-After-Free Due to Lack of Locking in nvidia GeForce Driver | 2018-06-06 |
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-2018-4230 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Apple Mac Os X, published June 8, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.03%, the 90th percentile. No source names a fixed version.