Memory corruption in Apple iOS - CVE-2017-13849

Vulnerability identifier: #VU9020

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13849

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to memory handling error in the CoreText component. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted text file, trigger memory corruption and cause an unexpected application termination.

Apple iOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
libsoftokn3-debuginfo
mozilla-nss-sysinit-32bit-debuginfo
mozilla-nss-sysinit-32bit
mozilla-nss-certs-32bit-debuginfo
libsoftokn3-32bit-debuginfo
libfreebl3-32bit
mozilla-nss-32bit-debuginfo
libfreebl3-32bit-debuginfo
mozilla-nss-32bit
libsoftokn3-32bit
mozilla-nss-certs-32bit
mozilla-nss-debuginfo
libfreebl3
mozilla-nss
mozilla-nss-sysinit-debuginfo
mozilla-nss-sysinit
mozilla-nss-tools-debuginfo
libfreebl3-debuginfo
mozilla-nss-certs-debuginfo
mozilla-nss-tools
mozilla-nss-devel
mozilla-nss-debugsource
mozilla-nss-certs
libsoftokn3

Update to version 11.1.

libsoftokn3-debuginfo - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-sysinit-32bit-debuginfo - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-sysinit-32bit - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-certs-32bit-debuginfo - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
libsoftokn3-32bit-debuginfo - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
libfreebl3-32bit - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-32bit-debuginfo - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
libfreebl3-32bit-debuginfo - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-32bit - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
libsoftokn3-32bit - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-certs-32bit - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-debuginfo - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
libfreebl3 - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-sysinit-debuginfo - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-sysinit - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-tools-debuginfo - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
libfreebl3-debuginfo - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-certs-debuginfo - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-tools - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-devel - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-debugsource - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
mozilla-nss-certs - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1
libsoftokn3 - update to 3.101.1-150000.3.117.1

• Exploit #1359 - iOS < 11.1 / tvOS < 11.1 / watchOS < 4.1 - Denial of Service (March 18, 2020)

• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208222

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Apple iOS
• SUSE update for mozilla-nss