PT-2016-1567 · Apple · Os X

Ant4G0Nist + 2 · Published 2016-03-24 · Updated 2016-12-03 · CVE-2016-1737

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the Carbon component of the Mac OS X operating system. Exploitation of this issue may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by using a specially crafted .dfont file.

Recommendations For Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.4, update to version 10.11.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to .dfont files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00868

CVE-2016-1737

Affected Products

Os X

References · 6

• https://support.apple.com/HT206167 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00868 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1737 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1737 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035363 · Note