CVE-2016-1817 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Apple Iphone OS

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-416 — Use After Free10 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 29.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Apple Iphone OSApple MAC OS XApple Tvos+3 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 20
Latest updateMay 14

Description

IOAcceleratorFamily in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, tvOS before 9.2.1, and watchOS before 2.2.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted app, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-1818 and CVE-2016-1819.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages8 packages

▶NVDapple/tvos< 9.2.1+1
▶NVDapple/watchos< 2.2.1+1
▶Appleapple/tvos9.2.1
▶Appleapple/watchos2.2.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-6m5h-2253-23rg: Use-after-free vulnerability in the IOAccelContext2::clientMemoryForType method in Apple iOS before 9↗2022-05-14
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GHSA
GHSA-8jg7-5h5m-9292: IOAcceleratorFamily in Apple iOS before 9↗2022-05-14
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GHSA
GHSA-6h3g-gxjj-2jx5: IOAcceleratorFamily in Apple iOS before 9↗2022-05-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Apple
CVE-2016-1817: watchOS 2.2.1↗
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Apple
CVE-2016-1817: tvOS 9.2.1↗
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Apple
CVE-2016-1817: OS X El Capitan v10.11.5 and Security Update 2016-003↗
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Apple
CVE-2016-1817: iOS 9.3.2↗
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