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CVE-2017-2373
published 2017-02-20

CVE-2017-2373: An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2.1 is affected. Safari before 10.0.3 is affected. tvOS before 10.1.1 is affected. The issue…

PriorityP262high8.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EXPLOIT
EPSS
6.02%
92.4th percentile
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2.1 is affected. Safari before 10.0.3 is affected. tvOS before 10.1.1 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

8 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
appleios
appleiphone_os< 10.2.110.2.1
applesafari< 10.0.310.0.3
applesafari
appletvos< 10.1.110.1.1
appletvos
debianwebkit2gtk< webkit2gtk 2.14.4-1 (bookworm)webkit2gtk 2.14.4-1 (bookworm)
webkitgtkwebkitgtk< 2.16.32.16.3

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

  • Trigger requires accessibility features to be enabled (e.g., via Web Inspector/Error Console on Safari, or by default in WebKitGTK+); look for type confusion between RenderBox and RenderText triggered during layout with aria-labeledby attribute manipulation
  • Exploit involves setting aria-labeledby attribute on an element and toggling a details/summary element's open state to trigger the type confusion during accessibility tree computation
  • Crash occurs in WebCore::RenderBox::computeBlockDirectionMargins during layout triggered by accessibility label resolution (ariaLabeledByAttribute); monitor for crashes in this call chain as an exploitation indicator
  • Vulnerability is exploitable via a crafted web page; network-level detection should flag delivery of HTML pages containing aria-labeledby attribute manipulation combined with details element open/close toggling in JavaScript
  • WebKitGTK+ versions up to and including 2.14.2 are confirmed vulnerable; flag use of WebKitGTK+ < 2.14.4 in asset inventory
  • ·On Safari/Mac, the crash only triggers when Web Inspector or Error Console is open (which enables accessibility via AXObjectCache::enableAccessibility); exploitation in a standard browser session requires accessibility to be enabled by another means
  • ·On WebKitGTK+, accessibility is enabled by default, making all versions up to 2.14.2 unconditionally exploitable without any special user action

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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