CVE-2017-2388
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. The issue...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. The issue involves the "IOFireWireFamily" component. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) 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
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. The issue involves the "IOFireWireFamily" component. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted app.
- Record
CVE-2017-2388- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. The issue involves the "IOFireWireFamily" component. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted app.
- Record
CVE-2017-2388- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-11571 No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. The issue involves the "IOFireWireFamily" component. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted app.
- Record
EUVD-2017-11571- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4x3r-cwrj-v74h
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. The issue...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. The issue involves the "IOFireWireFamily" component. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted app.
- Record
GHSA-4x3r-cwrj-v74h- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Apple macOS Sierra 10.12.3 - 'IOFireWireFamily-null-deref' FireWire Port Denial of Service | 2017-08-16 |
| PoC in GitHub | bazad/IOFireWireFamily-null-deref | 2017-08-04 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-2388 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Apple Mac Os X, published April 2, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.60%, the 89th percentile. No source names a fixed version.