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Fencer Intel
medium 6.5

CVE-2017-2479 json

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products.

published 2017-04-02 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-11662

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.3%
EPSS 6.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. Safari before 10.1 is affected. iCloud before 6.2 on Windows is affected. iTunes before 12.6 on Windows is affected. tvOS before 10.2 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit" component. It allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via a crafted web site.

Patch / fix

  • apple safari 10.1
  • apple icloud 6.2
  • apple itunes 12.6
  • apple iphone_os 10.3
  • apple tvos 10.2

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-41866)

Exploit prediction

6.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-41866 Apple WebKit / Safari 10.0.3 (12602.4.8) - Universal Cross-Site Scripting via a Focus Event and a Link Element webapps, 2017-04-11

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

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.