PT-2016-1546 · Apple · Watchos+3

Wol0Xff · Published 2016-03-22 · Updated 2016-12-03 · CVE-2016-1761

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

10

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libxml2 in Apple iOS versions prior to 9.3 libxml2 in Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.4 libxml2 in Apple watchOS versions prior to 2.2

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the libxml2 library, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted XML document.

Recommendations For libxml2 in Apple iOS versions prior to 9.3, update to iOS 9.3 or later. For libxml2 in Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.4, update to OS X 10.11.4 or later. For libxml2 in Apple watchOS versions prior to 2.2, update to watchOS 2.2 or later.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00847

CVE-2016-1761

ZDI-16-203

Affected Products

Os X

Ios

Libxml2

Watchos

References · 12

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1761 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT206167 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206166 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00847 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206168 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-203 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1761 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035353 · Note
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-203 · Note