CVE-2016-4752 in macOS

Summary

The SecKeyDeriveFromPassword function in Apple OS X before 10.12 does not use the CF_RETURNS_RETAINED keyword, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory by triggering key derivation.

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• Reservation: 05/11/2016
• Disclosure: 09/25/2016
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-92100
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-200 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.5
• EPSS: 0.00254
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4752
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4752
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-4752/