CVE-2017-13849

medium

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.1 is affected. tvOS before 11.1 is affected. watchOS before 4.1 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreText" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted text file.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101691

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039703

https://support.apple.com/HT208219

https://support.apple.com/HT208220

https://support.apple.com/HT208222

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43161/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2017-11-13

Updated: 2019-03-08

Type: CWE-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Severity: MEDIUM