PT-2016-6100 · Apple · Os X

Tom Bradley · Published 2016-09-25 · Updated 2017-07-30 · CVE-2016-4717

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OS X versions prior to 10.12

Description The issue is related to the File Bookmark component, which mishandles scoped-bookmark file descriptors. This allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted app.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.12, update to version 10.12 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-4717

Affected Products

Os X

References · 6

• https://support.apple.com/HT207170 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4717 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4717 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93055 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036858 · Note