PT-2017-1693

CVE-2017-2457

Published

2017-04-01

Updated

2017-08-16

Description by

CVSS 3.1

8.8

High

MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iOS versions prior to 10.3 Safari versions prior to 10.1

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the WebKit component, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, such as memory corruption and application crash, via a specially crafted web site.

Recommendations For iOS versions prior to 10.3, update to version 10.3 or later to resolve the issue. For Safari versions prior to 10.1, update to version 10.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploitability

Exploit

Fix

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Researchers

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Weakness enumeration

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Related identifiers

CVE-2017-2457

BDU:2017-00846