PT-2017-1321 · Apple · Imageio+1

Ke Liu · Published 2017-02-20 · Updated 2017-02-21 · CVE-2016-4683

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 10.12.1

Description The issue involves the ImageIO component and allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted SGI file. This is due to an out-of-bounds memory access, which can lead to an application crash.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 10.12.1, update to version 10.12.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of the ImageIO component with untrusted SGI files until a patch is applied.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00446

CVE-2016-4683

Affected Products

Imageio

Apple Macos

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4683 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4683 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00446 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94431 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT207275 · Note