PT-2016-2724 · Apple · Watchos+2

Ju Zhu · Published 2016-07-22 · Updated 2019-03-19 · CVE-2016-4627

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple iOS versions prior to 9.3.3 Apple tvOS versions prior to 9.2.2 Apple watchOS versions prior to 2.2.2

Description The issue is related to errors in pointer dereferencing in the IOAcceleratorFamily component. It can be exploited by a local attacker to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.

Recommendations For Apple iOS versions prior to 9.3.3, update to version 9.3.3 or later. For Apple tvOS versions prior to 9.2.2, update to version 9.2.2 or later. For Apple watchOS versions prior to 2.2.2, update to version 2.2.2 or later.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-02126

CVE-2016-4627

Affected Products

Ios

Tvos

Watchos

References · 11

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-02126 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206904 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4627 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT206905 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206902 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4627 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036344 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/91831 · Note