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Apple iTunes security update for CVE-2015-1157

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Apple iTunes security update for CVE-2015-1157

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
05/27/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/17/2015
Modified
06/20/2019

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.

Solution(s)

  • apple-itunes-upgrade-12_3

References

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