PT-2016-1150 · Apple · Os X

Juwei Lin · Published 2016-01-22 · Updated 2017-09-10 · CVE-2016-1718

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.3

Description The issue is related to the IOAcceleratorFamily2 interface in IOAcceleratorFamily, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service due to memory corruption. The vulnerability is caused by a buffer overflow. There is no information about the estimated number of potentially affected devices or real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.3, update to version 10.11.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the IOAcceleratorFamily2 interface until a patch is available.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00411

CVE-2016-1718

ZDI-16-020

Affected Products

Os X

References · 8

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1718 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205731 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00411 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1718 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-020 · Security Note
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-020 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034736 · Note