CVE-2017-2353

high

Published 2017-02-20 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.3 is affected. The issue involves the "Bluetooth" component. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted app.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-41164 dos multiple verified

Google Security Research · 2017-01-26

Apple macOS 10.12.1 / iOS Kernel - 'IOService::matchPassive' Use-After-Free

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
macos		affected

References

CWEs

CWE-416

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.