CVE-2017-2542 in macOS

Summary

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. The issue involves the "Multi-Touch" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.

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• Reservation: 12/01/2016
• Disclosure: 05/22/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-101377
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 8.3
• EPSS: 0.00231
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2542
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2542
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-2542/