Critical severity · published May 22, 2017
CVE-2017-2522
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products
9.8
CVSS
6.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 "CoreFoundation" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via crafted data.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.6% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IO
iOS · Apple
before 10.3.2 · source: NVD
MO
Mac OS X · Apple
before 10.12.5 · source: NVD
TV
Tvos · Apple
before 10.2.1 · source: NVD
WA
Watchos · Apple
before 3.2.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2522
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2522
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98588
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207797
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207798
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207800
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207801
Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42049/
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