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A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS up to 9.2.1 (Digital Media Player). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Kernel. 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.
The weakness was disclosed 07/18/2016 by Ian Beer (Shrek_wzw) with Google Project Zero as HT206905 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-1863 since 01/13/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The advisory points out:
Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.
The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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.
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 databases at Tenable (92496) and Exploit-DB (40652). The entries 88079, 89684, 89686 and 89687 are pretty similar.
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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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
01/13/2016 🔍07/18/2016 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT206905
Researcher: Ian Beer (Shrek_wzw)
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1863 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036344
SecurityFocus: 91828 - Apple Mac OS X/watchOS/iOS/tvOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 07/19/2016 19:45Updated: 09/06/2022 14:16
Changes: 07/19/2016 19:45 (71), 03/03/2019 15:53 (16), 09/06/2022 14:16 (4)
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