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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple tvOS up to 9.2.1 (Digital Media Player). Affected is an unknown code of the component ImageIO. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
ImageIO in Apple iOS before 9.3.3, OS X before 10.11.6, tvOS before 9.2.2, and watchOS before 2.2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted TIFF file.
The weakness was shared 07/18/2016 by Tyler Bohan with Cisco Talos as HT206905 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-4631 since 05/11/2016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The advisory points out:
Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 92496 (Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context c. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370095 (Apple Mac OS X v10.11.6 and Security Update 2016-004 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-1)).
Upgrading to version 9.2.2 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 (92496). The entries 88079, 89684, 89686 and 89687 are related to this item.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Nessus ID: 92496
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 63631
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities December-2016
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Upgrade: tvOS 9.2.2
Timeline
05/11/2016 🔍07/18/2016 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT206905
Researcher: Tyler Bohan
Organization: Cisco Talos
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4631 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036344
SecurityFocus: 91834 - Apple Mac OS X/watchOS/iOS/tvOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 07/19/2016 19:45Updated: 09/06/2022 14:10
Changes: 07/19/2016 19:45 (73), 03/05/2019 23:24 (12), 09/06/2022 14:10 (3)
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