CVE-2018-4220

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4220
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-4220.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-4220
Published
2018-06-08T18:29:01.400Z
Modified
2025-11-19T17:35:05.106654Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. Swift before 4.1.1 Security Update 2018-001 is affected. The issue involves the "Swift for Ubuntu" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context because write and execute permissions are enabled during library loading.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/apple/swift

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/apple/swift
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
b61523a0207d6277c0e64a354f0d9187cf85e453

Database specific

vanir_signatures

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source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-4220.json"