CVE-2017-13786

4.6 mediumEPSS 0.3%

Medium (4.6) in apple mac os x. EPSS 0.3% 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 "APFS" component. It does not properly restrict the DMA mapping time of FileVault decryption buffers, which allows attackers to read cleartext APFS data via a crafted Thunderbolt adapter.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

4.6 medium

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

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 25% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2017-11-13
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple:mac_os_x

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039710
https://support.apple.com/HT208221
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039710
https://support.apple.com/HT208221

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