PT-2017-1756 · Apple · Apple Macos

Brandon Azad · Published 2017-04-02 · Updated 2017-07-12 · CVE-2017-2388

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions macOS versions prior to 10.12.4

Description The issue involves the IOFireWireFamily component and allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted app. It is related to pointer dereference errors in the IOFireWireFamily component of the Mac OS X operating system. Exploitation of the issue may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) using a specially crafted application.

Recommendations For macOS versions prior to 10.12.4, update to version 10.12.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the IOFireWireFamily component until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00912

CVE-2017-2388

Affected Products

Apple Macos

References · 8

• 🔥 https://github.com/bazad/IOFireWireFamily-null-deref · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/44236 · Exploit
• https://support.apple.com/HT207615 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2388 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-2388 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00912 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038138 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/97140 · Note