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CVE-2017-13786

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-11-13 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected products

• macOS: through 10.13.0

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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