CVE-2017-13782

5.5 mediumEPSS 1.1%

Medium (5.5) in apple mac os x. EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.1 is affected. The issue involves the "Kernel" component. It allows attackers to bypass intended memory-read restrictions via a /dev/dtracehelper attack involving the dtrace_dif_variable and dtrace_getarg functions.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 66% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-200
Published: 2017-11-13
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:mac_os_x

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172827/Apple-XNU-Kernel-Memory-Exposure.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039710
https://lgtm.com/blog/apple_xnu_dtrace_CVE-2017-13782
https://support.apple.com/HT208221
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172827/Apple-XNU-Kernel-Memory-Exposure.html

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