PT-2016-1558 · Apple · Watchos+3

Published 2016-03-24 · Updated 2019-03-25 · CVE-2016-1748

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple iOS versions prior to 9.3 Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.4 Apple tvOS versions prior to 9.2 Apple watchOS versions prior to 2.2

Description The issue is related to the IOHIDFamily component in Apple operating systems, which lacks protection of internal data. This allows attackers to obtain sensitive kernel memory-layout information via a crafted app. Exploitation of this issue may enable a remote attacker to access protected information about the memory structure using a specially created application.

Recommendations For Apple iOS versions prior to 9.3, update to version 9.3 or later. For Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.4, update to version 10.11.4 or later. For Apple tvOS versions prior to 9.2, update to version 9.2 or later. For Apple watchOS versions prior to 2.2, update to version 2.2 or later.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00859

CVE-2016-1748

Affected Products

Os X

Ios

Tvos

Watchos

References · 12

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205640 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205635 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205637 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT205641 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00859 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1748 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1748 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035353 · Note