CVE-2017-13880 — A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling

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HIGH

A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling

Published Dec 23, 2021

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.89%

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.

Affected products

Vendor Apple Product iOS Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <11.2
Vendor Apple Product watchOS Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <4.2

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Apple

iOS

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<11.2

Apple

watchOS

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<4.2

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.89% 0.00886

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00886

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.89% (0.00886)	57.80th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.89% (0.00886)	54.39th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.20% (0.00202)	40.31th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.08% (0.00085)	37.98th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 3, 2023	0.08% (0.00076)	31.12th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.07% (0.00065)	26.45th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.00% (0.01005)	38.10th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.00% (0.01005)	17.93th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.13% (0.00132)	0.45th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Dec 24, 2021	0.90% (0.00895)	60.32th	v1

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208325
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208334
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208325		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208334		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Dec 23, 2021

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Aug 30, 2017

Link CVE-2017-13880

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2017-13880

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2017-13880