PT-2016-1565 · Apple · Watchos+3

Ant4G0Nist + 1 · Published 2016-03-22 · Updated 2019-03-25 · CVE-2016-1740

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 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted PDF document. This is due to a buffer overflow in the FontParser component, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to achieve the aforementioned outcomes.

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

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00866

CVE-2016-1740

ZDI-16-201

Affected Products

Os X

Ios

Tvos

Watchos

References · 14

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• 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-16-201 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00866 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206169 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206166 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206167 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1740 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1740 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035353 · Note
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-201 · Note