Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.4 IOAcceleratorFamily memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.4. Impacted is an unknown function of the component IOAcceleratorFamily. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2016-1817. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.4 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown code of the component IOAcceleratorFamily. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 05/16/2016 by Jack Tang (moony li) with Zero Day Initiative as HT206567 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-1817 since 01/13/2016. Attacking locally is a requirement. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly 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 91311 (Apple TV < 9.2.1 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. 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 (91311) and SecurityFocus (BID 90694†). Similar entries are available at VDB-87425, VDB-87434, VDB-87435 and VDB-87436. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 91311
Nessus Name: Apple TV < 9.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801105
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 (moony li)
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1817 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1817
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87455
SecurityFocus: 90694 - Apple Mac OS X/watchOS/iOS Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1035890

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

Created: 05/18/2016 11:52
Updated: 11/05/2024 12:45
Changes: 05/18/2016 11:52 (69), 12/01/2018 23:39 (14), 08/19/2022 19:06 (4), 11/05/2024 12:45 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:5E8:103

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