CVE-2015-7017 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Apple Iphone OS

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer12 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
2.1%
top 15.81%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Apple Iphone OSApple ItunesApple MAC OS X
Timeline
PublishedOct 23
Latest updateMay 17

Description

CoreText in Apple iOS before 9.1, OS X before 10.11.1, and iTunes before 12.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6975 and CVE-2015-6992.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDapple/itunes12.3.0
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.11.0
▶NVDapple/iphone_os9.0.2

Patches

Patch: lists.apple.com ↗Patch: lists.apple.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-xqcj-wpcf-8vvg: CoreText in Apple iOS before 9↗2022-05-17
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GHSA
GHSA-3gg4-3mqm-xx5v: CoreText in Apple iOS before 9↗2022-05-17
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GHSA
GHSA-26x7-82mq-9xp4: CoreText in Apple iOS before 9↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2015-6975: CoreText in Apple iOS before 9↗2015-10-23
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CVEList
CVE-2015-6992: CoreText in Apple iOS before 9↗2015-10-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Apple
CVE-2015-7017: iTunes 12.3.1↗
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Apple
CVE-2015-7017: OS X El Capitan 10.11.1, Security Update 2015-004 Yosemite, and Security Update 2015-007 Mavericks↗
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Apple
CVE-2015-7017: iOS 9.1↗
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