PT-2016-1149 · Apple · Os X+3

Ianbeer · Published 2016-02-01 · Updated 2019-03-22 · CVE-2016-1720

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IOKit in Apple iOS versions prior to 9.2.1 IOKit in Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.3 IOKit in Apple tvOS versions prior to 9.1.1

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the IOKit component of Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. Exploitation of this issue may allow a local attacker to elevate privileges or cause a denial of service, resulting in memory corruption.

Recommendations For iOS versions prior to 9.2.1, update to version 9.2.1 or later to resolve the issue. For OS X versions prior to 10.11.3, update to version 10.11.3 or later to resolve the issue. For tvOS versions prior to 9.1.1, update to version 9.1.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00410

CVE-2016-1720

Affected Products

Iokit

Os X

Ios

Tvos

References · 15

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/39367 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=597 · Exploit
• https://support.apple.com/HT205729 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00005.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205731 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00410 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT205732 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1720 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1720 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206168 · Vendor Advisory
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135435/IOKit-Methods-Being-Called-Without-Locks-From-IOServiceClose.html · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034736 · Note