A vulnerability has been found in Apple iOS up to 11.1 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a type conversion vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-704. The product does not correctly convert an object, resource, or structure from one type to a different type. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In iOS before 11.2, a type confusion issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

The bug was discovered 12/02/2017. The weakness was disclosed 12/02/2017 as HT208334 (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-13888 since 08/30/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/28/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

Upgrading to version 11.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The entries 110380, 110381, 110382 and 110383 are pretty similar.

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• Apple

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• iOS

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• 11.0
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