CVE-2017-7072
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11 is affected. The issue involves...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11 is affected. The issue involves the "iBooks" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent outage) via a crafted iBooks file.
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 11 is affected. The issue involves the "iBooks" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent outage) via a crafted iBooks file.
- Record
CVE-2017-7072- 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 11 is affected. The issue involves the "iBooks" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent outage) via a crafted iBooks file.
- Record
CVE-2017-7072- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-16110 No score
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11 is affected. The issue involves the "iBooks" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent outage) via a crafted iBooks file.
- Record
EUVD-2017-16110- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f734-79qw-8mxg
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11 is affected. The issue involves...
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 11 is affected. The issue involves the "iBooks" component. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent outage) via a crafted iBooks file.
- Record
GHSA-f734-79qw-8mxg- 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
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-2017-7072 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Apple Iphone Os, published October 23, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.06%, the 64th percentile. No source names a fixed version.