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CVE-2017-2522

43
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2522 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in the CoreFoundation component of Apple iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS, affecting versions prior to 10.3.2, 10.12.5, 10.2.1, and 3.2.2 respectively. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through crafted data. While not actively exploited in the wild (KEV), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 10.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.12.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 10.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 3.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-42049 · May 23, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0659 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

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 / HT207797
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207798
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207800
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT207801
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/42049
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/98588
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry