CVE-2015-1157

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.

CVSS v2.0

7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS

5.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 92th percentile

Published

2015-05-28

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• perillamint/CVE-2015-11573★ · 2015-10-28

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2015-1155
• CVE-2015-1158
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• CVE-2015-1171
• CVE-2015-1130
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