High severity · published May 22, 2017
CVE-2017-6977
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products
8.6
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Speech Framework" component. It allows attackers to conduct sandbox-escape attacks or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 56% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Mac OS X · Apple
through 10.12.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6977
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6977
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038484
Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207797
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