PT-2016-3092 · Apple · Apple Macos

Daybreaker · Published 2016-12-15 · Updated 2017-07-27 · CVE-2016-7609

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.2

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 10.12.2

Description The issue is related to the AppleGraphicsPowerManagement component and involves errors in pointer dereferencing. Exploitation of this issue can allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via unspecified vectors.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 10.12.2, update to version 10.12.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the AppleGraphicsPowerManagement component to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00510

CVE-2016-7609

ZDI-16-642

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 7

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-642 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7609 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7609 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00510 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94903 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037469 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT207423 · Note