CVE-2017-13782

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-11-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

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.

Affected products

macOS: through 10.13.0

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
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039710
https://lgtm.com/blog/apple_xnu_dtrace_CVE-2017-13782
https://support.apple.com/HT208221

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