Race condition vulnerability in NVIDIA Graphics Drivers in macOS before 10.13.5 allows for arbitrary code execution in privileged context

Race condition vulnerability in NVIDIA Graphics Drivers in macOS before 10.13.5 allows for arbitrary code execution in privileged context

CVE-2018-4230 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:H/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.5 is affected. The issue involves the "NVIDIA Graphics Drivers" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app that triggers a SetAppSupportBits use-after-free because of a race condition.

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