CVE-2017-2461 — Improper Input Validation in Apple Iphone OS

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption6 documents3 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
2.1%
top 16.01%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Apple Iphone OSApple MAC OS XApple Tvos+3 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 2
Latest updateMay 13

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. tvOS before 10.2 is affected. watchOS before 3.2 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreText" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted text message.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages8 packages

▶NVDapple/tvos10.1.1
▶NVDapple/watchos3.1.3
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.12.3
▶Appleapple/tvos10.2
▶Appleapple/watchos3.2

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-743r-g3w7-jmp8: An issue was discovered in certain Apple products↗2022-05-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Apple
CVE-2017-2461: macOS Sierra 10.12.4, Security Update 2017-001 El Capitan, and Security Update 2017-001 Yosemite↗2017-03-27
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Apple
CVE-2017-2461: watchOS 3.2↗2017-03-27
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Apple
CVE-2017-2461: iOS 10.3↗2017-03-27
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Apple
CVE-2017-2461: tvOS 10.2↗2017-03-27
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