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CVE-2015-1157

CoreText in Apple iOS 8.x through 8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot and messaging disruption) via crafted Unicode text that is not properly handled during display truncation in the Notifications feature, as demonstrated by Arabic characters in (1) an SMS message or (2) a WhatsApp message.

Published

2015-05-28T01:59:00.077

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-17
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System apple iphone_os 8.0 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 8.0.1 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 8.0.2 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 8.1 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 8.1.2 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 8.1.3 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 8.2 Yes
Operating System apple iphone_os 8.3 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x ≤ 10.0.3 Yes
Application apple itunes ≤ 12.2 Yes
References