CVE-2017-2368
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2.1 is affected. The issue...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2.1 is affected. The issue involves the "Contacts" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted contact card.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2.1 is affected. The issue involves the "Contacts" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted contact card.
- Record
CVE-2017-2368- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2.1 is affected. The issue involves the "Contacts" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted contact card.
- Record
CVE-2017-2368- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-11551 No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2.1 is affected. The issue involves the "Contacts" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted contact card.
- Record
EUVD-2017-11551- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r3qq-cxhq-p687
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2.1 is affected. The issue...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.2.1 is affected. The issue involves the "Contacts" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted contact card.
- Record
GHSA-r3qq-cxhq-p687- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | vincedes3/CVE-2017-2368 | 2017-08-18 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-2368 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Apple Iphone Os, published February 20, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.21%, the 68th percentile. No source names a fixed version.