CVE-2017-6983 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Apple Iphone OS

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer6 documents5 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 26.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Apple Iphone OSApple MAC OS XApple IOS+2 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 22
Latest updateMay 17

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. The issue involves the "SQLite" 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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.12.4
▶NVDapple/iphone_os10.3.1
▶Appleapple/ios10.3.2

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-hf78-pcf7-hfg6: An issue was discovered in certain Apple products↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Android
CVE-2017-6983: Android Security Bulletin 2017-09-01 CVE: CVE-2017-6983 Severity: HIGH Type: RCE Affected AOSP versions: 4↗2017-09-01
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Apple
CVE-2017-6983: macOS Sierra 10.12.5, Security Update 2017-002 El Capitan, and Security Update 2017-002 Yosemite↗2017-05-15
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Apple
CVE-2017-6983: iOS 10.3.2↗2017-05-15
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📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
Hey Google, What Exactly Do Your Security Patches Tell Us? A Large-Scale Empirical Study on Android Patched Vulnerabilities↗2019-05-22
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