CVE-2016-7618 in macOS

Summary

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.2 is affected. The issue involves the "Foundation" component. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted .gcx file.

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• Reservation: 09/09/2016
• Disclosure: 02/20/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-94383 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 6.5
• EPSS: 0.00532
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7618
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7618
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-7618/