A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7. Mounting a maliciously crafted disk image may cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory.
History

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Disk Image Mounting Buffer Overflow Causing Kernel Memory Corruption

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-120
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Disk Image Mounting Buffer Overflow Causing Kernel Memory Corruption
Weaknesses CWE-119

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Disk Image Mounting Buffer Overflow Causing Kernel Memory Corruption
Weaknesses CWE-119

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 07:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple macos

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A buffer overflow was addressed with improved bounds checking. This issue is fixed in macOS Golden Gate 27, macOS Sequoia 15.8, macOS Tahoe 26.7. Mounting a maliciously crafted disk image may cause unexpected system termination or corrupt kernel memory.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2026-09-14T20:50:38.766Z

Updated: 2026-09-17T03:57:16.799Z

Reserved: 2026-09-01T21:13:17.748Z

Link: CVE-2026-84512

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-16T17:35:56.665Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-14T21:17:27.727

Modified: 2026-09-17T04:18:02.267

Link: CVE-2026-84512

cve-icon Redhat

No data.