High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 13, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-13816

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.1 is affected. The issue involves the "libarchive" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted archive file.

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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

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1039710nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
support.apple.com/HT208221nvdVendor Advisory

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