CVE-2017-7118

FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7118 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Apple iOS versions prior to 11, specifically within the Messages component. An attacker can crash a target device by sending a specially crafted image. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires user interaction to trigger, as the victim must receive the malicious image. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, with only one article mentioning the patch in iOS 11.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		<= 10.3.3CPE 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

1.01%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

59.7%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0101 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

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 / HT208112

Vendor Advisory

securityfocus.com / bid/100892

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

securitytracker.com / id/1039385

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry