CVE-2017-2446
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. Safari before 10.1 is affected. tvOS before 10.2 is…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- apple
Description
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. Safari before 10.1 is affected. tvOS before 10.2 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that leverages the mishandling of strict mode functions.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Apple Safari - 'DateTimeFormat.format' Type Confusion (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 41741dos, multiplepublished 27 Mar 2017Verified
- Apple Safari - Builtin JavaScript Allows Function.caller to be Used in Strict Mode (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 41742dos, multiplepublished 27 Mar 2017Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 41741 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 41742 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By apple
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.3% · top 5.1% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1032 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 41741 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 1038137 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 41742 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT207601 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 97130 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201706-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT207600 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://doar-e.github.io/blog/2018/07/14/cve-2017-2446-or-jscjsglobalobjectishavingabadtime/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT207617 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-11629 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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