PT-2017-1353 · Apple · Watchos+3

Riusksk · Published 2017-02-20 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2016-7595

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iOS versions prior to 10.2 macOS versions prior to 10.12.2 watchOS versions prior to 3.1.3

Description The issue involves the CoreText component and allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, resulting in memory corruption and application crash, via a crafted font. This is caused by a buffer overflow in memory.

Recommendations For iOS versions prior to 10.2, update to version 10.2 or later. For macOS versions prior to 10.12.2, update to version 10.12.2 or later. For watchOS versions prior to 3.1.3, update to version 3.1.3 or later.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00482

CVE-2016-7595

Affected Products

Coretext

Ios

Apple Macos

Watchos

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7595 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00482 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT207422 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT207423 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT207487 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7595 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037469 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94905 · Note