Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.4 IOAcceleratorFamily null pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.4. This affects an unknown function of the component IOAcceleratorFamily. Such manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2016-1813. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.4 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component IOAcceleratorFamily. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 05/16/2016 by Ian Beer (moony li) with Google Project Zero as HT206567 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-1813 since 01/13/2016. Local access is required to approach this attack. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The advisory points out:

A null pointer dereference was addressed through improved validation.

A public exploit has been developed by Google Security Research and been published 4 weeks after the advisory. 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 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 Exploit-DB (39924), Tenable (91311) and SecurityFocus (BID 90694†). See VDB-87425, VDB-87434, VDB-87435 and VDB-87436 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Google Security Research
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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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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT206567
Researcher: Ian Beer (moony li)
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-1813 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1813
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87458
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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Created: 05/18/2016 11:52
Updated: 11/04/2024 22:48
Changes: 05/18/2016 11:52 (70), 12/01/2018 23:40 (21), 08/19/2022 19:28 (5), 11/04/2024 22:48 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:DD3:103

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