CVE-2017-2461

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. tvOS before 10.2 is affected. watchOS before 3.2 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreText" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted text message.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20CWE-400

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Apr 2, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-2461: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix