PT-2016-2067 · Apple · Macos X+1

Juwei Lin · Published 2016-05-20 · Updated 2016-12-01 · CVE-2016-1798

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mac OS X versions prior to 10.11.5 Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.5

Description The issue is related to a component in the Audio system of the operating system, which is affected by pointer dereference errors. This can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted application to cause a denial of service, specifically a NULL pointer dereference.

Recommendations For Mac OS X versions prior to 10.11.5, update to version 10.11.5 or later to resolve the issue. For Apple OS X versions prior to 10.11.5, update to version 10.11.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01418

CVE-2016-1798

Affected Products

Macos X

Os X

References · 7

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01418 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1798 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1798 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206567 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/90696 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1035895 · Note