Vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS
CVE-2015-1157
CoreText in Apple iOS 8.x through 8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot and messaging disruption) via crafted Unicode text that is not properly handled during display truncation in the Notifications feature, as demonstrated by Arabic characters in (1) an SMS message or (2) a WhatsApp message.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.055 (92.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.055 · newest: 0.055 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Apple Iphone OS — versions 8.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2
- Apple Itunes
- Apple Mac OS X
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- support.apple.com/HT205221 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/75491 (vdb-entry)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT204941 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/37e8c1/malicious_text_message/ (Exploit)
- ghostbin.com/paste/zws9m
- www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/37enow/about_the_latest_iphone_security_vulnera…
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1032408 (vdb-entry)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jun/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- 9to5mac.com/2015/05/27/how-to-fix-ios-text-message-bug-crash-reboot/
- www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/37edde/eli5_how_that_text_you_can_s… (Exploit)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-1157?
- CVE-2015-1157 is a vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS, classified under CWE-17. Published 2015-05-28.
- Is CVE-2015-1157 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.