PT-2016-2803 · Apple · Ios+4

Published 2016-09-25 · Updated 2019-03-09 · CVE-2016-4726

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 IOAcceleratorFamily versions prior to iOS 10, OS X 10.12, tvOS 10, and watchOS 3

Description The issue allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service due to memory corruption via a crafted app. It is caused by a buffer overflow in the IOAcceleratorFamily component of the operating systems, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to achieve the aforementioned effects.

Recommendations For versions prior to iOS 10, update to iOS 10 or later. For versions prior to OS X 10.12, update to OS X 10.12 or later. For versions prior to tvOS 10, update to tvOS 10 or later. For versions prior to watchOS 3, update to watchOS 3 or later.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-02206

CVE-2016-4726

Affected Products

Ioacceleratorfamily

Os X

Ios

Tvos

Watchos

References · 13

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00011.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT207141 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00010.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-02206 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4726 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT207170 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT207142 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4726 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT207143 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036858 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93054 · Note