CVE-2017-13849

iOS < 11.1 / tvOS < 11.1 / watchOS < 4.1 - Denial of Service

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Se ha descubierto un problema en algunos productos Apple. Las versiones de iOS anteriores a la 11.1, las versiones de tvOS anteriores a la 11.1 y las versiones de watchOS anteriores a la 4.1 se han visto afectadas. El problema afecta al componente "CoreText". Permite que los atacantes remotos provoquen una denegación de servicio (cierre inesperado de la aplicación) mediante un archivo de texto manipulado.

tvOS 11.1 is now available and addresses denial of service, memory corruption, arbitrary code execution, and various other vulnerabilities.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-08-30 CVE Reserved
2017-11-01 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101691	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039703	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43161	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://support.apple.com/HT208219	2019-03-08
https://support.apple.com/HT208220	2019-03-08
https://support.apple.com/HT208222	2019-03-08

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Iphone Os Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os"				< 11.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Iphone Os" and version " < 11.1"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Tvos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Tvos"				< 11.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Tvos" and version " < 11.1"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Watchos Search vendor "Apple" for product "Watchos"				< 4.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Watchos" and version " < 4.1"		-		Affected