CVE-2017-7061

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An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3.3 is affected. Safari before 10.1.2 is affected. iCloud before 6.2.2 on Windows is affected. iTunes before 12.6.2 on Windows is affected. tvOS before 10.2.2 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site.

Published: 2017-07-20 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-7061 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.95%, 94th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2017-7061

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
42666 exploit_db edb 2017-09-12 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-7061

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 8.11% 7.95% -0.15%
2 2025-11-21 6.53% 8.11% +1.58%
3 2025-11-18 — 6.53% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-7061

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-7061

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-7061

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2017-7061 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (webkit2gtk), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7061
suse critical CVE-2017-7061 severity critical: SUSE including 186 source package names (WebKit2GTK-4.1-lang-2.36.0-150400.2.13, WebKit2GTK-5.0-lang-2.36.0-150400.2.12, …), 412 product×package rows across 72 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5, … (72 product lines)): Fixed 247, Known Not Affected 165. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7061/
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-7061 medium priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (qtwebkit, qtwebkit-opensource-src, qtwebkit-source, webkit2gtk, webkitgtk), 87 status rows across 18 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): DNE 38, ignored 29, not-affected 14, needs-triage 3, released 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7061

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-7061

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple safari < 10.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple iphone_os < 10.3.3 cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple tvos < 10.2.2 cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple icloud < 6.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:icloud:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple itunes < 12.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple webkit — cpe:2.3:a:apple:webkit:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-7061

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99885 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038950 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://support.apple.com/HT207921 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207923 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207924 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207927 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT207928 Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42666/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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