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CVE-2017-2462

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2462 is a memory corruption vulnerability in the Audio component of Apple's iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS operating systems, affecting versions prior to 10.3, 10.12.4, 10.2, and 3.2 respectively. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through a crafted audio file, requiring user interaction to trigger. While the vulnerability is significant, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or notable 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

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0173 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

support.apple.com / HT207601
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207602
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207615
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207617
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97137
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038138
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-17-189
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry