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Full vulnerability report · 2017
CVE-2017-13825High confidence

It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted font file

Unknown · Unknown

7.8HighCVSS 3.0
Recommended action
Within 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Fix not verified
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Operational reassessment

Published severity in operational context

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Published severityHighOperational priority:High, unchanged from published severity.unchanged

Evidence used

  • No CISA KEV confirmation is currently recorded.
  • EPSS is 1.56% for the current model date.

Compensating controls

  • Restrict local access and enforce least privilege on affected hosts.
  • Monitor vendor guidance and exploitation sources for a material change.

Verification

  1. Confirm that the asset runs Unknown Unknown and falls inside the recorded affected range.
  2. Recheck the vendor advisory before scheduling a change because no verified fixed version is currently retained.
  3. Validate exposure, authentication requirements and compensating controls in the actual environment.
  4. Reopen this reassessment when CVSS, KEV, EPSS, exploit evidence or remediation changes.
Mitigation target: Within 30 daysRemediation target: Within 180 days

This automated reassessment organises public evidence. It does not know asset exposure, business impact or control effectiveness and does not replace CVSS or a human risk decision.

Optional official sources

National CERT insights
?CERT means Computer Emergency Response Team; CSIRT is the closely related term Computer Security Incident Response Team.

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Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2017-5340

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionWithin 7 days

High technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Fix not verified
01

What, why and how

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.1 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreText" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted font file.

What

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.1 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreText" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted font file.

Why

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation without authentication after a user interaction. If successful, the issue may execute code or commands in the affected security context.

What

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13.1 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreText" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted font file.

Why

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation without authentication after a user interaction. If successful, the issue may execute code or commands in the affected security context.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
local access → Uncontrolled Resource Consumption → execute code or commands in the affected security context
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
None: unauthenticated exploitation is possible
User interaction
Required interaction required
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-400 ↗

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.0: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRNonePrivileges required: The attacker does not need an account or existing privileges.UIRequiredUser interaction: Another user must perform an action for exploitation to succeed.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.IHighIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
After compromise, an attacker may use built-in shells, scripting engines, scheduled tasks and native network utilities for discovery, persistence or movement. This is a plausible LoTL path, not evidence that it has occurred for every attack.
UnauthenticatedRemote code executionDenial of serviceCWE-400
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Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

BSI · German · WID-SEC-2025-0370Apple Mac OS: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstelle in Apple Mac OS ausnutzen, um Code mit Kernel Privilegien auszuführen, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen oder vertrauliche Daten einzusehen.

Official advisory ↗
Canadian Centre for Cyber Security · English · AV17-161Apple security updates

17-13725, CVE-2017-13782, CVE-2017-13783, CVE-2017-13784, CVE-2017-13785, CVE-2017-13786, CVE-2017-13788, CVE-2017-13789, CVE-2017-13790, CVE-2017-13791, CVE-2017-13792, CVE-2017-13793, CVE-2017-13794, CVE-2017-13795, CVE-2017-13796, CVE-2017-13798, CVE-2017-13799, CVE-2017-13800, CVE-2017-13801, CVE-2017-13802, CVE-2017-13803, CVE-2017-13804, CVE-2017-13805, CVE-2017-13807, CVE-2017-13808, CVE-2017-13809, CVE-2017-13810, CVE-2017-13811, CVE-2017-13812, CVE-2017-13813, CVE-2017-13814, CVE-2017-13815, CVE-2017-13816, CVE-2017-13817, CVE-2017-13818, CVE-2017-13819, CVE-2017-13820, CVE-2017-13821, CVE-2017-13822, CVE-2017-13823, CVE-2017-13824, CVE-2017-13825, CVE-2017-13826, CVE-2017-13828, CVE-2017-13830, CVE-2017-13831, CVE-2017-13832, CVE-2017-13834, CVE-2017-13836, CVE-2017-13838, CVE-2017-13840, CVE-2017-13841, CVE-2017-13842, CVE-2017-13844, CVE-2017-13846, CVE-2017-13849, CVE-2017-3167, CVE-2017-3169, CVE-2017-7113, CVE-2017-7132, CVE-2017-7659, CVE-2017-7668, CVE-2017-7679, CVE-2017-9788, CVE-2017-9789 Suggested Action CCIRC recommends that owner/operators test and deploy the vendor released updates or workarounds to affected platforms. References https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT208225 https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT208224 https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT208223 https://support.app

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2017-AVI-385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Apple

d?id=CVE-2017-13816 Référence CVE CVE-2017-13817 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13817 Référence CVE CVE-2017-13818 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13818 Référence CVE CVE-2017-13819 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13819 Référence CVE CVE-2017-13820 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13820 Référence CVE CVE-2017-13821 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13821 Référence CVE CVE-2017-13822 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13822 Référence CVE CVE-2017-13823 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13823 Référence CVE CVE-2017-13824 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13824 Référence CVE CVE-2017-13825 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13825 Référence CVE CVE-2017-13826 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13826 Référence CVE CVE-2017-13828 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13828 Référence CVE CVE-2017-13830 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13830 Référence CVE CVE-2017-13831 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13831 Référence CVE CVE-2017-13832 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13832 Référence CVE CVE-2017-13834 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13834 Référence CVE CVE-2017-13836 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13836 Référence CVE CVE-2017-13838 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
JVN iPedia · Japanese · JVNDB-2017-010384Apple macOS の CoreText コンポーネントにおける任意のコードを実行される脆弱性

Apple macOS の CoreText コンポーネントには、任意のコードを実行される、またはサービス運用妨害 (メモリ消費) 状態にされる脆弱性が存在します。

Official advisory ↗
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Fix not verified
Affected
n/a
Fixed
No fixed version is explicitly recorded in the structured CVE data.
Action
No verified patch reference is present in the current structured sources. Check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 13 Nov 2017 · Last source change 5 Aug 2024, 19:13 UTC · CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.1
CVSS sourceNIST NVD
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-09-01
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2017-5340
Product sourceUnavailable
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceNIST NVD
NVD statusNVD modified after enrichment

Missing structured fields: affected product. Missing data is not evidence of low risk; review the primary advisory.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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  1. ENISA EUVD mappingEUVD-2017-5340 was added to the official ENISA EUVD mapping for this CVE.
    Before
    not recorded
    After
    {"euvdId":"EUVD-2017-5340"}
    ENISA EUVD ↗
  2. Vendor guidanceAuthoritative vendor guidance changed: added vendor advisory: support.apple.com/HT208221.
    Before
    no authoritative guidance recorded
    After
    vendor advisory: support.apple.com/HT208221
    support.apple.com ↗
  3. SeveritySeverity changed from Unknown to High.
    Before
    Unknown
    After
    High
    NIST NVD ↗
  4. CVSS scoreCVSS score changed from not recorded to 7.8 (CVSS 3.0 · NIST NVD · CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
    Before
    not recorded
    After
    7.8 (CVSS 3.0 · NIST NVD · CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
    NIST NVD ↗
  5. Catalogue recordCVE added to the BlackTree catalogue.
    CNA ↗
Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
CVE published
ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2017-5340↗CVE authority or vendor reference↗Official CVE record (CNA and ADP data)↗NVD record↗
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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