CVE-2017-2477 is a critical vulnerability affecting macOS versions prior to 10.12.4, specifically within the libxslt component. This flaw allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service through memory corruption, with potential for other unspecified impacts, via unknown vectors. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a high-impact threat that can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness and potential interest.
| 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:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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.