Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2018-4404

Apple iphone_os Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Published May 29, 2024 · catalog updated May 29, 2024 · Apple

Patch now

CVE-2018-4404 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Apple against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
14.03%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor Apple iphone_os

In iOS before 11.4 and macOS High Sierra before 10.13.5, a memory corruption issue exists and was addressed with improved memory handling.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Apple iphone_osversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2018-4404

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2018-4404 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Apple against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 14.03%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 29, 2024 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    In iOS before 11.4 and macOS High Sierra before 10.13.5, a memory corruption issue exists and was addressed with improved memory handling.

  2. May 29, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2018-4404

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2018-4404

    30-day exploitation probability 14.0%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2018-4404

    In iOS before 11.4 and macOS High Sierra before 10.13.5, a memory corruption issue exists and was addressed with improved memory handling.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.