Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2017-2527 — 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 documents5 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
9.4%
top 7.20%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Affected products
2
Apple MAC OS XApple Macos Sierra 10.12.5 Security Update 2017-002 EL Capitan AND Security Update 201
Timeline
PublishedMay 22
Latest updateMay 17

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreAnimation" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via crafted data.

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_x10.12.4

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-7pg6-45cr-vrpv: An issue was discovered in certain Apple products↗2022-05-17
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
Apple macOS/iOS - 'CAMediaTimingFunctionBuiltin' NSKeyedArchiver Memory Corruption Due to Lack of Bounds Checking↗2017-05-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Apple
CVE-2017-2527: macOS Sierra 10.12.5, Security Update 2017-002 El Capitan, and Security Update 2017-002 Yosemite↗2017-05-15
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2011-2527 qemu: when started as root, extra groups are not dropped correctly [epel-5]↗2011-07-12
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