Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 13, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-13782

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.1 is affected. The issue involves the "Kernel" component. It allows attackers to bypass intended memory-read restrictions via a /dev/dtracehelper attack involving the dtrace_dif_variable and dtrace_getarg functions.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Mac OS X
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=10.13.0
Apple Inc./macOSllm-fuzzy
Range: <10.13.1

Patches

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References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1039710nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
lgtm.com/blog/apple_xnu_dtrace_CVE-2017-13782nvdTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com/HT208221nvdVendor Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com/files/172827/Apple-XNU-Kernel-Memory-Exposure.htmlnvd

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