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high 8.8

CVE-2017-2373 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-2017-11556

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.1%
EPSS 6.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2.1 is affected. Safari before 10.0.3 is affected. tvOS before 10.1.1 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site.

Patch / fix

  • apple safari 10.0.3
  • webkitgtk webkitgtk+ 2.16.3
  • apple tvos 10.1.1
  • apple iphone_os 10.2.1
  • webkit2gtk Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.14.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2373

  • webkit2gtk Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.14.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2373

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • webkit2gtk3 SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +8 more 2.18.5-2.18.1
  • webkit2gtk3 SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +8 more 2.18.0-2.9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:0219-1SUSE-SU-2017:2933-1

  • gtk3 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.32.4-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11506-1

  • webkit2gtk Alpine 3.20, Alpine 3.19, Alpine 3.18 +13 more 2.14.5-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-2373

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-41216)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-41216 Apple WebKit - Type Confusion in RenderBox with Accessibility Enabled dos, 2017-02-01

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.