PT-2016-2051 · Apple · Os X+3

Juwei Lin · Published 2016-05-20 · Updated 2019-03-25 · CVE-2016-1814

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IOAcceleratorFamily in Apple iOS versions prior to 9.3.2 IOAcceleratorFamily in Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.5 IOAcceleratorFamily in Apple tvOS versions prior to 9.2.1

Description The issue is related to errors in pointer dereferencing, which can be exploited by an attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted app. This can be achieved by a remote attacker using a specially created application.

Recommendations For iOS versions prior to 9.3.2, update to version 9.3.2 or later to resolve the issue. For OS X versions prior to 10.11.5, update to version 10.11.5 or later to resolve the issue. For tvOS versions prior to 9.2.1, update to version 9.2.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01402

CVE-2016-1814

Affected Products

Ioacceleratorfamily

Os X

Ios

Tvos

References · 11

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1814 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206567 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206564 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206568 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01402 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1814 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/90696 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035890 · Note