CVE-2017-13880 Memory corruption in iOS

What is CVE-2017-13880?

CVE-2017-13880 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Iphone Os, published on 23 Dec 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 11.2, watchOS 4.2. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privilege.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13880?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apple Iphone Os, Apple Watchos.

How do I fix CVE-2017-13880?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-13880 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2017-13880 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13880 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Iphone Os

• CVE-2021-30666 Apple iOS WebKit Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2021-30761 Apple iOS WebKit Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2021-30762 Apple iOS WebKit Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-4657 Apple iOS Webkit Memory Corruption Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-7286 Apple Multiple Products Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-rq38-q64w-4362.