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CVE-2015-1157

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-17 Code Errors
Publication date:
28/05/2015
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

CoreText in Apple iOS 8.x through 8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot and messaging disruption) via crafted Unicode text that is not properly handled during display truncation in the Notifications feature, as demonstrated by Arabic characters in (1) an SMS message or (2) a WhatsApp message.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.80
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.0.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 12.2 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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