High severity · published Apr 2, 2017
CVE-2017-2471
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products
8.8
CVSS
8.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. Safari before 10.1 is affected. watchOS before 3.2 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit" component. A use-after-free vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code 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:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.5% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IO
iOS · Apple
10.2.1 · source: NVD
SA
Safari · Apple
10.0.3 · source: NVD
WA
Watchos · Apple
3.1.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2471
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2471
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97133
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038137
bugs.chromium.org
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1105
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-15
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207600
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207602
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