CVE-2016-4736 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Apple MAC OS X

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer5 documents3 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 26.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Apple MAC OS XApple Macos High SierraApple Macos High Sierra 10.13.1 Security Update 2017-001 Sierra AND Security Update 20+1 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 25
Latest updateMay 17

Description

libarchive in Apple OS X before 10.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.11.6
▶Appleapple/macos_sierra10.12

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-7w82-64xx-5xv2: libarchive in Apple OS X before 10↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Apple
CVE-2016-4736: macOS High Sierra 10.13.1, Security Update 2017-001 Sierra, and Security Update 2017-004 El Capitan↗2017-10-31
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Apple
CVE-2016-4736: macOS High Sierra 10.13↗2017-09-25
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Apple
CVE-2016-4736: macOS Sierra 10.12↗2016-09-20
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