PT-2016-1550 · Apple · Os X+1

Ian Beer + 1 · Published 2016-03-24 · Updated 2016-12-03 · CVE-2016-1756

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iOS versions prior to 9.3 OS X versions prior to 10.11.4

Description The issue is related to errors in pointer dereferencing in the kernel of the operating systems, which can be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service via a crafted app.

Recommendations For iOS versions prior to 9.3, update to version 9.3 or later. For OS X versions prior to 10.11.4, update to version 10.11.4 or later.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00851

CVE-2016-1756

Affected Products

Os X

Ios

References · 8

• https://support.apple.com/HT206167 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00851 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT206166 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1756 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1756 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035353 · Note