Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.4 Graphics Drivers memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.4. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Graphics Drivers. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-1810. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.4 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component Graphics Drivers. 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. CVE summarizes:

The Graphics Drivers subsystem in Apple OS X before 10.11.5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app.

The weakness was published 05/16/2016 by Jack Tang (lokihardt) with Trend Micro as HT206567 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-1810 since 01/13/2016. Local access is required to approach this attack. Required for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The advisory points out:

Multiple memory corruption issues were addressed through improved memory handling.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91228 (Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.5 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 122912 (Apple Mac OS X v10.11.5 and Security Update 2016-003 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-4)).

Upgrading to version 10.11.5 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 (91228) and SecurityFocus (BID 90696†). Similar entries are available at VDB-87425, VDB-87434, VDB-87435 and VDB-87436. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 91228
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 881901
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 November-2016
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11.5

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT206567
Researcher: Jack Tang (lokihardt)
Organization: Trend Micro
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1810 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1810
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87450
SecurityFocus: 90696 - Apple Mac OS X APPLE-SA-2016-05-16-4 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1035895

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/18/2016 11:52
Updated: 11/04/2024 17:23
Changes: 05/18/2016 11:52 (78), 12/01/2018 23:38 (6), 08/19/2022 18:31 (4), 11/04/2024 17:23 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:65A:103

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