CVE-2016-7667 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreText" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted string.

Published: 2017-02-20

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-8517	An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreText" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted string.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00628.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.apple.com/HT207422
https://support.apple.com/HT207423

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Iphone Os Mac Os X

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2017-02-20T08:35:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:04:55.998Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7667

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-20T08:59:04.417

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-7667

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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