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A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.3 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Python. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was disclosed 03/21/2016 by Glenn Randers-Pehrson as HT206167 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-8126 since 11/11/2015. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The advisory points out:
Multiple vulnerabilities existed in libpng versions prior to 1.6.20. These were addressed by updating libpng to version 1.6.20.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 89527 (Fedora 22 : mingw-libpng-1.6.21-1.fc22 (2016-43735c33a7)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168929 (OpenSuSE Security Update for vlc (openSUSE-SU-2016:1652-1)).
Upgrading to version 10.11.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (89527).
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Nessus ID: 89527
Nessus Name: Fedora 22 : mingw-libpng-1.6.21-1.fc22 (2016-43735c33a7)
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OpenVAS Name: Amazon Linux Local Check: alas-2015-611
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Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT206167
Researcher: Glenn Randers-Pehrson
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CVE: CVE-2015-8126 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1034142
SecurityFocus: 77568 - libpng CVE-2015-8126 Multiple Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/23/2016 12:40Updated: 07/11/2022 09:36
Changes: 03/23/2016 12:40 (52), 09/09/2018 11:28 (23), 07/11/2022 09:36 (4)
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