PT-2016-2807 · Apple · Watchos+3

Martin Vigo · Published 2016-09-25 · Updated 2019-03-13 · CVE-2016-4718

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple iOS versions prior to 10 Apple OS X versions prior to 10.12 Apple tvOS versions prior to 10 Apple watchOS versions prior to 3

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the FontParser component, which can be exploited by remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory. This can be achieved by using a crafted font file.

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

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-02210

CVE-2016-4718

Affected Products

Os X

Ios

Tvos

Watchos

References · 13

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-02210 · Security Note
• 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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4718 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT207170 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT207142 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT207143 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4718 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036858 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93054 · Note