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Fencer Intel
high 7.8

CVE-2017-2370 in the critical feed json

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products.

published 2017-02-20 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-11553

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
11.3%
EPSS 11.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2.1 is affected. macOS before 10.12.3 is affected. tvOS before 10.1.1 is affected. watchOS before 3.1.3 is affected. The issue involves the "Kernel" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) via a crafted app.

Patch / fix

  • apple iphone_os 10.2.1
  • apple mac_os_x 10.12.3
  • apple watchos 3.1.3
  • apple tvos 10.1.1

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-41163)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

11.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-41163 Apple macOS 10.12.1 / iOS 10.2 - Kernel Userspace Pointer Memory Corruption dos, 2017-01-26
  • bugs.chromium.org https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1004 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.