CVE-2017-13861 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.68491.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple Subscribe	Iphone Os Subscribe Tvos Subscribe Watchos Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos::::::::

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153148/Safari-Webkit-Proxy-Object-Type-Confusion.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102134
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039952
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039953
https://support.apple.com/HT208325
https://support.apple.com/HT208327
https://support.apple.com/HT208334
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43320/

History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.70254}`	epss `{'score': 0.68371}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2017-12-25T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:13:40.846Z

Reserved: 2017-08-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-13861

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-12-25T21:29:14.137

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

Link: CVE-2017-13861

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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