CVE-2017-6990 - An issue was discovered in certain Apple products

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MEDIUM

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products

Published May 22, 2017

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.79%

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. The issue involves the "HFS" component. It allows attackers to bypass intended memory-read restrictions via a crafted app.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038484
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://support.apple.com/HT207797
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038484		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://support.apple.com/HT207797		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published May 22, 2017

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Mar 17, 2017

Link CVE-2017-6990

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2017-6990

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2017-6990