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CVE-2017-2456

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2456 is a race condition vulnerability in the Kernel component of Apple iOS before 10.3, macOS before 10.12.4, tvOS before 10.2, and watchOS before 3.2. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.0) allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges through a crafted application. While a public exploit (EDB-41778) exists for a related heap overflow in mach_msg, there is no indication of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 10.12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 10.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 3.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.0HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-41778 · Mar 30, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0424 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 386 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bugs.chromium.org / p/project-zero/issues/detail
ExploitThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207601
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207602
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207615
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207617
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/41778
securityfocus.com / bid/97137
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038138