PT-2016-1540 · Apple · Os X+1

Francis Provencher · Published 2016-03-24 · Updated 2017-09-08 · CVE-2016-1768

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions QuickTime in Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted FlashPix image. This is due to a buffer overflow in the QuickTime component of the Mac OS X operating system.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.11.4, update to version 10.11.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00841

CVE-2016-1768

Affected Products

Os X

Apple Quicktime

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/39634 · Exploit
• https://support.apple.com/HT206167 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1768 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1768 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00841 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035363 · Note