CVE-2017-6998 is a memory corruption vulnerability in the AVEVideoEncoder component of Apple iOS (before 10.3.2), tvOS (before 10.2.1), and watchOS (before 3.2.2). This flaw allows a malicious application to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges or trigger a denial of service. Rated as High severity (CVSS 7.8), it requires user interaction (UI:R) to install a crafted app, but the attack complexity is low (AC:L) and it can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). While not on CISA's KEV list, exploit code for a related kernel vulnerability has been publicly released, garnering significant community and media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 10.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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