PT-2017-1671 · Apple · Watchos+3

John Villamil · Published 2017-04-02 · Updated 2019-03-08 · CVE-2017-2439

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iOS versions prior to 10.3 macOS versions prior to 10.12.4 tvOS versions prior to 10.2 watchOS versions prior to 3.2

Description The issue involves the FontParser component and is caused by a buffer overflow read. It may allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service, including out-of-bounds read and application crash, by using a specially crafted font file.

Recommendations For iOS versions prior to 10.3, update to version 10.3 or later. For macOS versions prior to 10.12.4, update to version 10.12.4 or later. For tvOS versions prior to 10.2, update to version 10.2 or later. For watchOS versions prior to 3.2, update to version 3.2 or later.

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00824

CVE-2017-2439

Affected Products

Ios

Apple Macos

Tvos

Watchos

References · 9

• https://support.apple.com/HT207615 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT207602 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT207601 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT207617 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2439 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2439 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00824 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/97137 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038138 · Note