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9.6 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.5 (Operating System). It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component libxml2. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was released 07/18/2016 by Nick Wellnhofer as HT206903 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-4614 since 05/11/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/06/2022). The advisory points out:
Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 92411 (Apple iTunes < 12.4.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (uncredentialed check)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Peer-To-Peer File Sharing and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370092 (Apple iTunes Prior to 12.4.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-6)).
Upgrading to version 10.11.6 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 (92411). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 89699, 89700, 89701 and 89702.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 92411
Nessus Name: Apple iTunes < 12.4.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (uncredentialed check)
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities December-2016
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11.6
Timeline
05/11/2016 🔍07/18/2016 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT206903
Researcher: Nick Wellnhofer
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4614 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036348
SecurityFocus: 91826 - Apple iTunes APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-6 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entry
Created: 07/19/2016 19:24Updated: 09/06/2022 09:08
Changes: 07/19/2016 19:24 (58), 03/03/2019 11:19 (24), 09/06/2022 09:08 (4)
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