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CVE-2017-6982

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6982 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Apple iOS versions prior to 10.3.2, specifically within the "Notifications" component. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into installing a crafted application, leading to a denial of service on the device. Rated as MEDIUM severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and user interaction (installing a malicious app) but can result in high availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV entry), a public exploit (EDB-42014) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-42014 · May 17, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0239 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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 / HT207798
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/42014
securityfocus.com / bid/98479
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038485