CVE-2018-4096

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.2.5 is affected. macOS before 10.13.3 is affected. Safari before 11.0.3 is affected. iCloud before 7.3 on Windows is affected. iTunes before 12.7.3 on Windows is affected. tvOS before 11.2.5 is affected. watchOS before 4.2.2 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site.

Published: 2018-04-03 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-4096 is rated Moderate Risk (59.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.64%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-4096

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-10-18 0.67% 0.64% -0.03%
2 2025-03-30 1.08% 0.67% -0.40%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.08% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-4096

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-4096

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-4096

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2018-4096 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (webkit2gtk), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-4096
gentoo normal CVE-2018-4096: 1 GLSA(s) (201803-11), 1 atom(s) (net-libs/webkit-gtk); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2018-4096
suse medium CVE-2018-4096 severity moderate: SUSE including 174 source package names (WebKit2GTK-4.1-lang-2.36.0-150400.2.13, WebKit2GTK-5.0-lang-2.36.0-150400.2.12, …), 299 product×package rows across 52 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, … (52 product lines)): Fixed 230, Known Not Affected 69. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-4096/
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-4096 medium priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (qtwebkit, qtwebkit-opensource-src, qtwebkit-source, webkit2gtk, webkitgtk), 83 status rows across 17 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 38, ignored 26, not-affected 13, needs-triage 3, released 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-4096

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-4096

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple apple_tv < 11.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:apple:apple_tv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple safari < 11.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os < 11.2.5 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple mac_os_x < 10.13.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple watchos < 4.2.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple icloud < 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:icloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple itunes < 12.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 17.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-4096

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