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CVE-2017-7171 Detail

Current Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.2 is affected. macOS before 10.13.2 is affected. tvOS before 11.2 is affected. watchOS before 4.2 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreAnimation" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.

Source:  MITRE
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.8 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3.0 legend)
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 1.8

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.3 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
https://support.apple.com/HT208325 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208327 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208331 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT208334 Vendor Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CWE-119)

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Up to (excluding)
11.2
 cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Up to (excluding)
10.13.2
 cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Up to (excluding)
11.2
 cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Up to (excluding)
4.2


Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-7171
NVD Published Date:
04/03/2018
NVD Last Modified:
03/08/2019