Apple iOS up to 9.3.2 IOAcceleratorFamily out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apple iOS up to 9.3.2 (Smartphone Operating System). Affected is an unknown code of the component IOAcceleratorFamily. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

IOAcceleratorFamily in Apple iOS before 9.3.3 and watchOS before 2.2.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was presented 07/18/2016 with Trend Micro as HT206902 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-4628 since 05/11/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. A authentication is needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The advisory points out:

An out-of-bounds read was addressed through improved bounds checking.

Upgrading to version 9.3.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

See 89684, 89686, 89687 and 89689 for similar entries.

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Local: Yes
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iOS 9.3.3

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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT206902
Organization: Trend Micro
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4628 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036344
SecurityFocus: 91832 - Apple iOS and watchOS CVE-2016-4628 Out of Bounds Read Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/19/2016 16:36
Updated: 09/05/2022 13:07
Changes: 07/19/2016 16:36 (56), 03/03/2019 09:58 (16), 09/05/2022 13:07 (3)
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