Apple iOS up to 10.2 CoreText resource management

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A vulnerability was found in Apple iOS up to 10.2 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component CoreText. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability.

The bug was discovered 03/27/2017. The weakness was released 03/27/2017 by John Villamil with Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team as HT207617 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-2461 since 12/01/2016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 11/20/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future. The advisory points out:

A resource exhaustion issue was addressed through improved input validation.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99264 (Apple TV < 10.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 10.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (99264). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 98613, 98614, 98618 and 98619.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 99264
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 10.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-HT207615
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 10.3

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207617
Researcher: John Villamil
Organization: Qihoo 360 Vulcan Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-2461 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1038138
SecurityFocus: 97137 - Apple iOS/tvOS/macOS/watchOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-2461 - Apple - Multiple Products - Denial of Service Issue

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Created: 03/28/2017 11:34
Updated: 11/20/2022 16:43
Changes: 03/28/2017 11:34 (67), 08/21/2020 17:27 (17), 11/20/2022 16:43 (4)
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