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CVE-2017-13785
published 2017-11-13

CVE-2017-13785: An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.1 is affected. Safari before 11.0.1 is affected. iCloud before 7.1 on Windows is affected…

PriorityP260high8.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EXPLOIT
EPSS
5.79%
92.3th percentile
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.1 is affected. Safari before 11.0.1 is affected. iCloud before 7.1 on Windows is affected. iTunes before 12.7.1 on Windows is affected. tvOS before 11.1 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site.

Affected

11 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
appleicloud< 7.17.1
appleicloud_for_windows
appleios
appleiphone_os< 11.111.1
appleitunes< 12.7.112.7.1
appleitunes_12.7.1_for_windows
applesafari< 11.0.111.0.1
applesafari
appletvos< 11.111.1
appletvos
debianwebkit2gtk< webkit2gtk 2.18.1-1 (bookworm)webkit2gtk 2.18.1-1 (bookworm)

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

other* { max-height: 0; -webkit-text-combine: horizontal; -webkit-writing-mode: vertical-rl; }
commanddocument.execCommand("delete", false)
commandwindow.getSelection().setPosition(h,1)
  • Trigger requires CSS properties `-webkit-text-combine: horizontal` and `-webkit-writing-mode: vertical-rl` combined with `max-height: 0` applied universally, followed by two sequential `document.execCommand('delete')` calls after setting caret position — look for this pattern in web content.
  • The crash manifests as a heap-buffer-overflow (out-of-bounds READ of size 2) in `WebCore::RenderText::localCaretRect` within WebCore.framework on x86_64; ASan signature `heap-buffer-overflow` at `WTF::StringImpl::at` is a key indicator.
  • ·The PoC was confirmed on an ASan build of WebKit nightly; behavior on production builds may differ (no crash output, silent memory corruption leading to RCE).
  • ·Affected versions span multiple Apple products and platforms; patched versions are iOS 11.1, Safari 11.0.1, iCloud 7.1 (Windows), iTunes 12.7.1 (Windows), and tvOS 11.1. Debian webkit2gtk fixed in 2.18.1-1.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.08.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv8.8HIGH
vendor_debian8.8LOW
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