CVE-2017-13835 — A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling

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HIGH

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling

Published Dec 23, 2021

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.77%

Description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS High Sierra 10.13. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Affected products

Vendor Apple Product macOS Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <10.13

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Apple

macOS

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<10.13

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.77% 0.00773

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00773

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.77% (0.00773)	54.07th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.77% (0.00773)	50.73th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.37% (0.00367)	56.57th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.07% (0.00072)	33.46th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 10, 2024	0.07% (0.00065)	28.78th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 3, 2023	0.07% (0.00065)	26.73th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.06% (0.00055)	20.92th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.04% (0.01036)	43.31th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.04% (0.01036)	20.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.09% (0.00088)	0.18th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Dec 24, 2021	0.60% (0.00597)	35.01th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (1)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208144
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208144		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Dec 23, 2021

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Aug 30, 2017

Link CVE-2017-13835

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2017-13835

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2017-13835