CVE-2017-13874
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.2 is affected. The issue...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended encryption protection mechanism by leveraging incorrect S/MIME certificate selection.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended encryption protection mechanism by leveraging incorrect S/MIME certificate selection.
- Record
CVE-2017-13874- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended encryption protection mechanism by leveraging incorrect S/MIME certificate selection.
- Record
CVE-2017-13874- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-5389 No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended encryption protection mechanism by leveraging incorrect S/MIME certificate selection.
- Record
EUVD-2017-5389- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qcmg-94j3-vh32
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.2 is affected. The issue...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended encryption protection mechanism by leveraging incorrect S/MIME certificate selection.
- Record
GHSA-qcmg-94j3-vh32- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-13874 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Apple Iphone Os, published December 25, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.04%, the 64th percentile. No source names a fixed version.