Vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS
CVE-2017-6979
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. tvOS before 10.2.1 is affected. watchOS before 3.2.2 is affected. The issue involves the "IOSurface" component. A race condition allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.036 (89.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.036 · newest: 0.036 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038484 (vdb-entry)
- support.apple.com/HT207797 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/HT207800 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98468 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42555/ (exploit)
- support.apple.com/HT207798 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/HT207801 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-6979?
- CVE-2017-6979 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2017-05-22.
- How severe is CVE-2017-6979?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.