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Fencer Vulns
high 7.0

CVE-2017-2501 json

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products.

published 2017-05-22 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-11684

cvss
7.0
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.2%
EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. tvOS before 10.2.1 is affected. watchOS before 3.2.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Kernel" component. A race condition allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a crafted app.

Patch / fix

  • apple iphone_os 10.3.2
  • apple mac_os_x 10.12.5
  • apple tvos 10.2.1
  • apple watchos 3.2.2

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-42054)

Exploit prediction

4.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-42054 Apple macOS/iOS Kernel - Use-After-Free Due to Bad Locking in Unix Domain Socket File Descriptor Externalization dos, 2017-05-23

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.