CVE-2018-4416

Exp

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed with improved memory handling. This issue affected versions prior to iOS 12.1, tvOS 12.1, watchOS 5.1, Safari 12.0.1, iTunes 12.9.1, iCloud for Windows 7.8.

Published: 2019-04-03 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2018-4416 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 41.15%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-4416

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
45910 exploit_db edb 2018-11-29 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-4416

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 2026-03-04 41.98% 41.15% -0.83%
2 2026-01-17 42.40% 41.98% -0.42%
3 2025-12-13 42.40%

Full EPSS history (27 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-4416

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-2018-4416

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-4416

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2018-4416 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-2018-4416
suse high CVE-2018-4416 severity important: SUSE including 168 source package names (WebKit2GTK-4.1-lang-2.36.0-150400.2.13, WebKit2GTK-5.0-lang-2.36.0-150400.2.12, …), 281 product×package rows across 48 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3, … (48 product lines)): Fixed 281. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-4416/
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-4416 medium priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (qtwebkit, qtwebkit-opensource-src, qtwebkit-source, webkit2gtk, webkitgtk), 79 status rows across 16 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 38, ignored 24, not-affected 13, needs-triage 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-4416

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-4416

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple safari < 12.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os < 12.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple tvos < 12.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple watchos < 5.1 cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple icloud < 7.8 cpe:2.3:a:apple:icloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple itunes < 12.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-4416

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