High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 8, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-4227

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.4 is affected. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It allows remote attackers to read the cleartext content of S/MIME encrypted messages via direct exfiltration.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Iphone OS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <11.4
Apple Inc./Mac OS X
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <10.13.5
Apple Inc./macOSllm-fuzzy
Range: <10.13.5
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: <11.4

Patches

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References

efail.denvdExploitThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/104897nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1041027nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
support.apple.com/HT208848nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT208849nvdVendor Advisory

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