CVE-2015-7017

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-10-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

CoreText in Apple iOS before 9.1, OS X before 10.11.1, and iTunes before 12.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6975 and CVE-2015-6992.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: through 9.0.2
Apple iTunes for Windows: through 12.3.0
macOS: through 10.11.0

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00006.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033929
https://support.apple.com/HT205370
https://support.apple.com/HT205372
https://support.apple.com/HT205375
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00005.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Oct/msg00006.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033929
https://support.apple.com/HT205370

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