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CVE-2017-7015

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7015 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting macOS versions prior to 10.12.6, specifically within the Audio component. It allows remote attackers to trigger memory corruption, leading to a denial of service, or to extract sensitive information from process memory by tricking a user into opening a crafted audio file. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a high risk due to its low attack complexity and potential for significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it has not been widely targeted.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.12.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0104 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 / HT207922
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99882
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038951
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry