Vulnerability CVE-2017-13849
Published: 2017-11-12   Modified: 2017-11-13

Description:
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.1 is affected. tvOS before 11.1 is affected. watchOS before 4.1 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreText" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted text file.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
iOS < 11.1 / tvOS < 11.1 / watchOS < 4.1 Denial of Service
Russian Otter (R...
21.11.2017

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Apple -> Apple tv 
Apple -> Iphone os 
Apple -> Watchos 
Apple -> TVOS 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101691
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039703
https://support.apple.com/HT208219
https://support.apple.com/HT208220
https://support.apple.com/HT208222
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43161/
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