Apple macOS up to 10.12.3 IOFireWireFamily null pointer dereference

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple macOS up to 10.12.3 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component IOFireWireFamily. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. The issue involves the "IOFireWireFamily" component. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted app.

The bug was discovered 03/27/2017. The weakness was disclosed 03/27/2017 by Brandon Azad with Apple as HT207615 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-2388 since 12/01/2016. Local access is required to approach this attack. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The advisory points out:

A null pointer dereference was addressed through improved input validation.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99134 (macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (httpoxy)), 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 370348 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update Sierra 10.12.4, El Capitan 2017-001 and Yosemite 2017-001 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2017-03-27-3)).

Upgrading to version 10.12.4 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 (99134) and SecurityFocus (BID 97140†). The entries VDB-93752, VDB-94628, VDB-95275 and VDB-98727 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 99134
Nessus Name: macOS 10.12.x < 10.12.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (httpoxy)
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-HT207615
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT207615
Researcher: Brandon Azad
Organization: Apple
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CVE: CVE-2017-2388 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2388
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98642
SecurityFocus: 97140 - Apple macOS APPLE-SA-2017-03-27-3 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-2388 - Apple - macOS - Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038138

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712
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Created: 03/28/2017 11:11 AM
Updated: 01/17/2025 01:35 PM
Changes: 03/28/2017 11:11 AM (77), 08/21/2020 12:10 PM (8), 11/20/2022 08:16 AM (3), 11/20/2022 08:20 AM (1), 10/29/2024 12:11 PM (21), 01/17/2025 01:35 PM (2)
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