Vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS
CVE-2017-13905
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 11.2, iOS 11.2, macOS High Sierra 10.13.2, Security Update 2017-002 Sierra, and Security Update 2017-005 El Capitan, watchOS 4.2. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (58.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Iphone OS
- Apple macOS — versions unspecified
- Apple Mac OS X — versions 10.11.6, 10.12.6
- Apple tvOS — versions unspecified
- Apple watchOS — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT208325 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT208327 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT208334 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/en-us/HT208331 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-13905?
- CVE-2017-13905 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-12-23.
- How severe is CVE-2017-13905?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.