CVE-2017-13861 is a memory corruption vulnerability in the IOSurface component of Apple iOS before 11.2, tvOS before 11.2, and watchOS before 4.2. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service through a crafted application. While not on the KEV catalog, exploit code, including a Metasploit module and an ExploitDB entry, is publicly available. The vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including reports of a proof-of-concept for an iOS jailbreak.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.