Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.5 Audio memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.5. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Audio. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2016-4647. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.5 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Audio. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Audio in Apple OS X before 10.11.6 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted file.

The weakness was presented 07/18/2016 by Juwei Lin with Trend Micro as HT206903 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-4647 since 05/11/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. A single authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The advisory points out:

A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved memory handling.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 92496 (Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.6 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 370095 (Apple Mac OS X v10.11.6 and Security Update 2016-004 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.11.6 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 (92496) and SecurityFocus (BID 91824†). See VDB-88079, VDB-89684, VDB-89686 and VDB-89687 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 92496
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 63631
OpenVAS Name: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities December-2016
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.11.6

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT206903
Researcher: Juwei Lin
Organization: Trend Micro
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4647 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4647
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-89728
SecurityFocus: 91824 - Apple Mac OS X APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-1 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036348

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

Created: 07/19/2016 19:24
Updated: 09/06/2022 07:32
Changes: 07/19/2016 19:24 (73), 03/03/2019 12:11 (12), 09/06/2022 07:32 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:E35:103

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