High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Dec 23, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-13905

Description

A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 11.2, iOS 11.2, macOS High Sierra 10.13.2, Security Update 2017-002 Sierra, and Security Update 2017-005 El Capitan, watchOS 4.2. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Security Update 2018-001 Sierrallm-fuzzy
Apple Inc./Security Update 2018-001 El Capitanllm-fuzzy
Apple Inc./tvOSllm-fuzzy2 versions
=11.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: =11.2
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Apple Inc./watchOSllm-fuzzy2 versions
=4.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: =4.2
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Apple Inc./iOSllm-fuzzy
Range: =11.2
Apple Inc./macOS High Sierrallm-fuzzy
Range: =10.13.2
Apple Inc./macOSv5
Range: unspecified

Patches

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References

support.apple.com/en-us/HT208325nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/HT208327nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/HT208331nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/en-us/HT208334nvdVendor Advisory

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