Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.5 QuickTime memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.5. The affected element is an unknown function of the component QuickTime. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-4601. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.11.5 (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component QuickTime. 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 summary by CVE is:

QuickTime in Apple OS X before 10.11.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted SGI image.

The weakness was disclosed 07/18/2016 by Stefan Esser with Zero Day Initiative as HT206903 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-4601 since 05/11/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:

A memory corruption issue was addressed through improved input validation.

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†). The entries VDB-88079, VDB-89692, VDB-89709 and VDB-89685 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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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: Stefan Esser
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4601 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4601
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-89777
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 19:25
Updated: 10/01/2024 03:50
Changes: 07/19/2016 19:25 (68), 03/03/2019 13:22 (14), 09/06/2022 10:13 (3), 10/01/2024 03:50 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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