CVE-2017-13905
A race condition was addressed with additional validation.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.94%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A race condition was addressed with additional validation. This issue is fixed in tvOS 11.2, iOS 11.2, macOS High Sierra 10.13.2, Security Update 2017-002 Sierra, and Security Update 2017-005 El Capitan, watchOS 4.2. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.94% probability · 61th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- apple/iphone os · apple/mac os x · apple/macos · apple/tvos · apple/watchos
- Source
- product-security@apple.com
EPSS 0.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208325Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208327Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208331Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208334Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208325Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208327Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208331Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208334Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.