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CVE-2017-7039
published 2017-07-20

CVE-2017-7039: An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3.3 is affected. Safari before 10.1.2 is affected. iCloud before 6.2.2 on Windows is affected…

PriorityP262high8.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EXPLOIT
EPSS
6.31%
92.9th percentile
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3.3 is affected. Safari before 10.1.2 is affected. iCloud before 6.2.2 on Windows is affected. iTunes before 12.6.2 on Windows is affected. tvOS before 10.2.2 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit" 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.

Affected

11 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
appleicloud< 6.2.26.2.2
appleicloud_for_windows
appleios
appleiphone_os< 10.3.310.3.3
appleitunes< 12.6.212.6.2
appleitunes_12.6.2_for_windows
applesafari< 10.1.210.1.2
applesafari
appletvos< 10.2.210.2.2
appletvos
debianwebkit2gtk< webkit2gtk 2.16.6-1 (bookworm)webkit2gtk 2.16.6-1 (bookworm)

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

  • The vulnerability is a Use-After-Free in WebCore::Node::nextSibling within WebKit. Detection should focus on exploitation of this UAF primitive triggered via crafted web content.
  • The crash originates in JSC::MarkedBlock garbage collection sweep path, indicating the UAF is triggered during JavaScript garbage collection after DOM node manipulation. Monitor for anomalous WebContent process crashes involving JSC sweep/GC stack frames.
  • Exploit PoC uses a JavaScript function to free memory (likely forcing GC) combined with DOM manipulation to trigger the UAF. Detect JavaScript pages that aggressively invoke GC-triggering patterns alongside DOM node traversal (nextSibling).
  • Affected component is WebKit across iOS <10.3.3, Safari <10.1.2, iCloud for Windows <6.2.2, iTunes for Windows <12.6.2, tvOS <10.2.2. Flag unpatched versions of these products processing remote web content.
  • ·The exploit PoC source is truncated in the available document; the full JavaScript payload and any embedded URLs/domains are not visible and cannot be extracted as IOCs.
  • ·No network-based IOCs (IPs, domains, URLs serving the exploit) are present in any of the source documents. Detection must rely on behavioral/version-based signals.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.08.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv8.8HIGH
vendor_debian8.8LOW
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