CVE-2017-2408 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in the IOATAFamily component of macOS versions prior to 10.12.4. This flaw allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges or trigger a denial of service by tricking a user into running a specially crafted application. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common frameworks like Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.12.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.