Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.1 is affected. tvOS before 11.1 is affected. watchOS before 4.1 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreText" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted text file.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- iOS < 11.1 / tvOS < 11.1 / watchOS < 4.1 - Denial of Service EDB-43161 · dos · Nov 20, 2017 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- https://support.apple.com/HT208222
- 43161 exploit
- 101691 vdb-entry
- https://support.apple.com/HT208220
- https://support.apple.com/HT208219
- 1039703 vdb-entry