PT-2017-2185 · Apple · Apple Macos

Ian Beer · Published 2017-05-22 · Updated 2017-08-13 · CVE-2017-2527

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to the CoreAnimation component and is caused by a buffer overflow in memory. This allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, such as memory consumption and application crash, by using specially crafted data.

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

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-01378

CVE-2017-2527

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/42052 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2527 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01378 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT207797 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2527 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038484 · Note