PT-2017-17438 · Apple · Apple Macos+1

Niklas Baumstark + 1 · Published 2017-05-22 · Updated 2017-07-08 · CVE-2017-6977

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.6

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 10.12.5

Description The issue involves the Speech Framework component and allows attackers to conduct sandbox-escape attacks or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 10.12.5, update to version 10.12.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-6977

Affected Products

Speech Framework

Apple Macos

References · 4

• https://support.apple.com/HT207797 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6977 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6977 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038484 · Note