CVE-2017-13815

critical

Published 2017-11-13 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

10.0

VIR risk

9.8

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.1 is affected. The issue involves the third-party "file" product. Versions before 5.31 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: product-security@apple.com — https://support.apple.com/HT208221

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
macos		affected

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039710
https://support.apple.com/HT208221
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039710
https://support.apple.com/HT208221

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.