PT-2017-1361 · Apple · Watchos+3

Meysam Firouzi + 1 · Published 2017-02-20 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2016-7627

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue involves the CoreGraphics component and is related to pointer dereference errors. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and application crash, via a specially crafted font.

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

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00493

CVE-2016-7627

Affected Products

Coregraphics

Ios

Apple Macos

Watchos

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7627 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7627 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT207422 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT207423 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT207487 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00493 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037469 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94905 · Note