PT-2016-1524 · Apple · Webkit+3

Jack Tang + 2 · Published 2016-03-24 · Updated 2019-03-25 · CVE-2016-1784

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Safari versions prior to 9.1 Apple iOS versions prior to 9.3 tvOS versions prior to 9.2

Description The issue is related to the History implementation in WebKit, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This can be achieved through a crafted web site, leading to resource consumption and application crash.

Recommendations For Safari versions prior to 9.1, update to version 9.1 or later. For Apple iOS versions prior to 9.3, update to version 9.3 or later. For tvOS versions prior to 9.2, update to version 9.2 or later.

Fix

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00825

CVE-2016-1784

Affected Products

Safari

Webkit

Ios

Tvos

References · 13

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00005.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00825 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206171 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206169 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1784 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1784 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206166 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1784 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1784 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1784 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035353 · Note