Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 13, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-13849

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.

Affected products

Apple Inc./Iphone Os
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <11.1
Apple Inc./tvOS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <11.1
Apple Inc./watchOS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <4.1

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43161/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securityfocus.com/bid/101691nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1039703nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
support.apple.com/HT208219nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT208220nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT208222nvdVendor Advisory

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