High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 25, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-13848

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.2 is affected. The issue involves the "IOKit" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./macOSinferred2 versions
<10.13.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <10.13.2
- (no CPE)range: <10.13.2
Apple Inc./Mac OS X
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <10.13.2

Patches

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/102099nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1039966nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
support.apple.com/HT208331nvdVendor Advisory

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