CVE-2017-7171 is a critical vulnerability in Apple's CoreAnimation component affecting iOS before 11.2, macOS before 10.13.2, tvOS before 11.2, and watchOS before 4.2. This flaw allows a malicious application to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service through memory corruption. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), it requires user interaction (UI:R) to trick a user into installing a crafted app, but once executed, it has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.13.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 4.2CPE 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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