9.8

CVE-2017-2518: apple iphone_os Use After Free

Modified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2019:14227-1SUSE-SU-2019:3050-1UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2518
Published 22-05-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-2518 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Use After Free vulnerability in apple iphone_os. EPSS estimates a 5.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 9.8 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 5% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.28%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3
DLA-1633-1SUSE-SU-2021:3215-1USN-4019-1USN-4019-2

Timeline

  1. 22-05-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3.2 is affected. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. tvOS before 10.2.1 is affected. watchOS before 3.2.2 is affected. The issue involves the "SQLite" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted SQL statement.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

5.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 5.28% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse22 products
  • sqlite3&distro=HPE Helion OpenStack 8< 3.8.10.2-9.15.1
  • sqlite3&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 5< 3.8.10.2-9.15.1
  • sqlite3&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4< 3.8.10.2-9.15.1
  • sqlite3&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3< 3.7.6.3-1.4.7.12.1
  • sqlite3&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS< 3.7.6.3-1.4.7.12.1
Apple4 products
Debian2 products
Ubuntu1 product
  • sqlite3< 3.8.2-1ubuntu2.2+esm1 | < 3.11.0-1ubuntu1.2

4 vendors · 29 products

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