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6.9 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Apple tvOS up to 9.x (Digital Media Player). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, and availability.
The weakness was disclosed 09/20/2016 by YoungJin Yoon as HT207142 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-4774 since 05/11/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The advisory points out:
Multiple out-of-bounds read issues existed that led to the disclosure of kernel memory. These were addressed through improved input validation.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 93776 (Apple TV < 10 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r.
Upgrading to version 10 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 (93776). The entries 91603, 91618, 91993 and 91997 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9
VulDB Base Score: 7.1
VulDB Temp Score: 6.8
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NVD Base Score: 7.1
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Out-of-boundsCWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 93776
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 10 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 64377
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 September-2016
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: tvOS 10
Timeline
05/11/2016 🔍09/20/2016 🔍
09/20/2016 🔍
09/20/2016 🔍
09/25/2016 🔍
09/26/2016 🔍
09/28/2016 🔍
09/21/2022 🔍
Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT207142
Researcher: YoungJin Yoon
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2016-4774 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036858
SecurityFocus: 93054 - Apple iOS/tvOS/MacOS/watchOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 09/26/2016 12:07Updated: 09/21/2022 09:31
Changes: 09/26/2016 12:07 (67), 04/26/2019 09:57 (13), 09/21/2022 09:31 (4)
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