PT-2017-17551 · Apple · Apple Macos

Hyungseok Han · Published 2017-12-25 · Updated 2017-12-29 · CVE-2017-7159

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 10.13.2

Description The issue involves the IOAcceleratorFamily component and allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 10.13.2, update to version 10.13.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-7159

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7159 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7159 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT208331 · Vendor Advisory