CVE-2017-2477 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Apple MAC OS X

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer5 documents4 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.45%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apple MAC OS XApple Macos Sierra 10.12.4 Security Update 2017-001 EL Capitan AND Security Update 201
Timeline
PublishedApr 2
Latest updateMay 17

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. The issue involves the "libxslt" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.12.3

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-mhpw-gr2x-5hrw: An issue was discovered in certain Apple products↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Apple
CVE-2017-5029: 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-2017-2477: macOS Sierra 10.12.4, Security Update 2017-001 El Capitan, and Security Update 2017-001 Yosemite↗2017-03-27
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-3254 thrift: Infinite recursion via vectors involving the skip function↗2017-06-19
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