CVE-2017-2509

published 2017-05-22

CVE-2017-2509: An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Kernel" component. It allows attackers to bypass…

Priority P4 28 medium 5.5 CVSS 3.0

AV L AC L PR N UI R S U C H I N A N

EXPLOIT

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Kernel" component. It allows attackers to bypass intended memory-read restrictions via a crafted app.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
apple	mac_os_x	<= 10.12.4	—
apple	macos_sierra_10.12.5_security_update_2017-002_el_capitan_and_security_update_201	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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