CVE-2017-2461 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. tvOS before 10.2 is affected. watchOS before 3.2 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreText" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted text message.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple	Iphone Os Mac Os X Tvos Watchos

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.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97137
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038138
https://support.apple.com/HT207601
https://support.apple.com/HT207602
https://support.apple.com/HT207615
https://support.apple.com/HT207617

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2017-04-02T01:36:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T13:55:06.010Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-2461

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-04-02T01:59:02.967

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-2461

Redhat

No data.

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