High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 2, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-2485

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. tvOS before 10.2 is affected. watchOS before 3.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Security" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted X.509 certificate file.

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Affected products

Apple Inc./Iphone OS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=10.2.1
Apple Inc./Mac OS X
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=10.12.3
Apple Inc./tvOS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=10.1.1
Apple Inc./watchOS
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=3.1.3

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/97132nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2017-0296/nvdTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
support.apple.com/HT207601nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT207602nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT207615nvdVendor Advisory
support.apple.com/HT207617nvdVendor Advisory
www.securitytracker.com/id/1038138nvd

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