CVE-2017-2523 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. tvOS before 10.2.1 is affected. watchOS before 3.2.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Foundation" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via crafted data.

Published: 2017-05-22

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 13.0% Moderate

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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.13046.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98584
https://support.apple.com/HT207797
https://support.apple.com/HT207798
https://support.apple.com/HT207800
https://support.apple.com/HT207801
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42050/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Iphone Os Mac Os X Tvos Watchos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2017-05-22T04:54:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T13:55:06.204Z

Reserved: 2016-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-2523

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-22T05:29:01.490

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

Link: CVE-2017-2523

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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