CVE-2017-7141
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It allows remote attackers to bypass an intended off value of the "Load remote content in messages" setting, and consequently discover an e-mail recipient's IP address, via an HTML email message.
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
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It allows remote attackers to bypass an intended off value of the "Load remote content in messages" setting, and consequently discover an e-mail recipient's IP address, via an HTML email message.
- Record
CVE-2017-7141- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It allows remote attackers to bypass an intended off value of the "Load remote content in messages" setting, and consequently discover an e-mail recipient's IP address, via an HTML email message.
- Record
CVE-2017-7141- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-16179 No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It allows remote attackers to bypass an intended off value of the "Load remote content in messages" setting, and consequently discover an e-mail recipient's IP address, via an HTML email message.
- Record
EUVD-2017-16179- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-84gc-wc9h-fcv8
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.13 is affected. The issue involves the "Mail" component. It allows remote attackers to bypass an intended off value of the "Load remote content in messages" setting, and consequently discover an e-mail recipient's IP address, via an HTML email message.
- Record
GHSA-84gc-wc9h-fcv8- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- 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-2017-7141 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Apple Mac Os X, published October 23, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.50%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.