CVE-2016-1720

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
IOKit in Apple iOS before 9.2.1, OS X before 10.11.3, and tvOS before 9.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-1720
  • Assigner
  • product-security@apple.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-02-01T11:59:04
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-03-22T19:34:27
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 10.11.3
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 9.1.1
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 9.2.1
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.2
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00003.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00005.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205729 Vendor Advisory
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=597 Exploit
https://support.apple.com/HT205732 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205731 Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jan/msg00002.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT206168 Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135435/IOKit-Methods-Being-Called-Without-Locks-From-IOServiceClose.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39367/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034736 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1720
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1720
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:46:02 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 08:13:44 2016-02-01T11:59Z 2016-02-01T11:59:04 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 08:13:44 2019-03-22T19:34:27 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 08:13:44 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated